Wednesday, February 11, 2015

PROVERB ANALYSIS TEST III
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Aug. 1983
By Students from Joyce Puchyr's
Middle School English Class,
Allentown, Pennsylvania  (#1-13)

Each line represents a familiar proverb or saying in which the key words have been replaced by their initial letters. For example, I. at F. Y. D. S. T. T. A. stands for If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again.

1. R. W. B. in a D.
2. B. L. than N.
3. W. the C. A. the M. W. P.
4. T. W. D. M. a R.
5. D. C. your C. B. T. H.
6. W. G. U. M. C. D.
7. N. N. is G. N.
8. L. B. you L.
9. A. W. that E. W.
10. H. is the B. P.
11. M. H. while the S. S.
12. A. F. in L. and W.
13. W. N. W. N.
14. O. G. T. D. A.
15. L. but N. L.

Answers:

1. Rome wasn't built in a day.
2. Better late than never
3. When the cat's away, the mice will play.
4. Two wrongs don't make a right.
5. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
6. What goes up must come down.
7. No news is good news.
8. Look before you leap.
9. All's well that ends well. 
10. Honesty is the best policy.
11. Make hay while the sun shines.
12. All's fair in love and war.
13. Waste not want not.
14. One good turn deserves another.
15. Last but not least

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