Mixed English Proverbs
A word game
Correct the proverbs
Like
other languages, English has a lot of well-known proverbs. Below you
will find 15 of them.... but unfortunately, though one is
correct, the
14 others have got mixed up!! Can you first decide which is correct,
and then match the first halves and the second
halves correctly for the
14 others !
Type, or select and slide, the correct answer into the box after the suggested answer in italics
Can
you explain the meaning of these proverbs in simple ordinary English?Type, or select and slide, the correct answer into the box after the suggested answer in italics
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