Children and Cliches
A teacher gave her fourth-grade students the beginning of a list of famous sayings and asked them to provide original endings for each one. Here are some examples of what they submitted:
As you shall make your bed so shall you.....Mess it up.
Better be safe than.....Punch a 5th grader.
Strike while the.....Bug is close.
Don't bite the hand that.....Looks dirty.
A miss is as good as a.....Mister.
You can't teach an old dog new.....Math.
The pen is mightier than the.....Pigs.
An idle mind is.....The best way to relax.
Happy the bride who.....Gets all the presents.
A penny saved is.....Not worth much.
Two's company, three's.....The Musketeers.
When the blind leadeth the blind.....Get out of the way.
Where there's smoke, there's.....Pollution.
Children should be seen and not.....Spanked or grounded.
A rolling stone.....Plays the guitar.
A bird in the hand is.....A real mess.
No news is.....No newspaper.
No news is.....Impossible.
It's better to light one candle than to.....Waste electricity.
It's always darkest just before.....I open my eyes.
It's always darkest before.....Daylight savings time.
It's always darkest before.....9:30 p.m.
You have nothing to fear but....homework.
If you can't stand the heat.....Don't start the fireplace.
If you can't stand the heat.....Go swimming.
Never put off 'til tomorrow what you.....Should have done yesterday.
Never put off 'til tomorrow what.....you put on to go to bed.
Never underestimate the power of.....Termites.
If you lie down with the dogs.....You'll stink in the morning.
The squeaking wheel gets.....Annoying.
We have nothing to fear but.....Our principal.
To err is human.....To eat a muskrat is not.
I think, therefore I.....Get a headache.
Better to light a candle than to.....Light an explosive.
Early to bed and early to rise.....Is first in the bathroom.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a.....Blister.
There is nothing new under the.....Bed.
The grass is always greener.....When you leave the sprinkler on.
The grass is always greener.....When you put manure on it.
Don't count your chickens.....It takes too long.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and.....You have
to blow your nose.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and.....Someone yells, "
Shut up!"
You can lead a horse to water but.....How?
Love all, trust.....Me.
None are so blind as.....Helen Keller.
If at first you don't succeed.....Get new batteries.
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May your day be a happy one!
Your friend,
Leonard