Kevin's Proverbs - Answers

This page includes the correct spoken answers to all of Kevin's Proverbs. For use with Kevin's Proverbs app (if all else fails) or as a classroom aid.


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Apple

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

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Basket

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

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Beholder

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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Wicked

No rest for the wicked

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Broke

If it ain't broke don't fix it

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Hand

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

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Curiousity

Curiosity killed the cat

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Chew

Don't bite off more than you can chew

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Choosers

Beggars can't be choosers

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Dog

Every dog has it's day

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Easy

Easy come easy go

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Friends

Keep your friends close and enemies closer

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Enemy

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

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Father

Like father like son

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Fonder

Absence makes the heat grow fonder

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Flock

Birds of a feather flock together

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Fortune

Fortune favors the bold

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Stones

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

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Cleanliness

Cleanliness is next to godliness

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Bite

Don't bite the hand that feeds you

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Hatch

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

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Heads

Two heads are better than one

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Home

There's no place like home

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Indeed

A friend in need is a friend indeed

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Irons

Too many irons in the fire

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Island

No man is an island

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Join

If you can't beat 'em join 'em

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Judge

Don't judge a book by its cover

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Look

Look before you leap

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Lunch

There's no such thing as a free lunch

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Medicine

Laughter is the best medicine

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Milk

It's no use crying over spilled milk

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Mouth

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

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Never

Better late than never

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Stitch

A stitch in time saves nine

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Gain

No pain no gain

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Pen

The pen is mightier than the sword

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Saved

A penny saved is a penny earned

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Practice

Practice makes perfect

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Burned

If you play with fire you get burned

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Watched

A watched pot never boils

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Knowledge

Knowledge is power

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Right

The customer is always right

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Rome

When in Rome do as the Romans do

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Safe

Better safe than sorry

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Sleeping

Let sleeping dogs lie

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Smoke

Where there's smoke there's fire

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Spoil

Too many cooks spoil the broth

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Take

You can't take it with you

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Tango

It takes two to tango

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Thousand

A picture is worth a thousand words

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Time

Time is money

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Tomorrow

Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today

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Money

Money is the root of all evil

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Horse

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink

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Wheel

The squeaky wheel gets the grease

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Way

Where there's a will there's a way

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Bird

The early bird gets the worm

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Wrongs

Two wrongs don't make a right

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Yourself

If you want something done right then do it yourself

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Greener

The grass is always greener on the other side...

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Bathwater

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

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Find

A good man is hard to find

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Crime

Crime doesn't pay

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Doctor

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

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Eat

You are what you eat

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Absolute

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

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Longest

He who laughs last laughs longest

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More

Less is more

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Stone

A rolling stone gathers no moss

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Pours

When it rains it pours

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Cheap

Talk is cheap

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Teach

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

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Waste

haste makes waste

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Hindsight

Hindsight is 20/20

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Shoe

If the shoe fits wear it

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Built

Rome wasn't built in a day

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Heart

Home is where the heart is

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Minds

Great minds think alike

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Blind

Love is blind

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Cake

You can't have your cake and eat it too

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Crowd

Three's a crowd

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Fences

Good fences make good neighbors

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Details

The devil is in the details

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Bigger

The bigger they are the harder they fall

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Still

Still waters run deep

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Silence

Silence is golden

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Safety

There is safety in numbers

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Pride

Pride comes before the fall

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Bitten

Once bitten twice shy

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Money

Money talks

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Light

Many hands make light work

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Bliss

Ignorance is bliss

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Kitchen

If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen

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Fury

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

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Devil

Give the devil his due

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Fire

Fight fire with fire

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Beauty

Beauty is only skin deep

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Rising

A rising tide lifts all boats

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Vacuum

Nature abhors a vacuum

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Worm

Even a worm will turn

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Might

Might is right

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History

History repeats itself

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Foolish

Pennywise and pound foolish

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Bygones

Let bygones be bygones

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