PROVERBS IN DISGUISE IV

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel 

Can you rescue the simple proverb from its sesquipedalian sentence?

 

1. Invert a nascent cotyledon.

2. Cipher essayed, cipher effectuated.

3. The strand is bereft of human activity.

 

4. Eschew scrutinizing the buccal orifice of a gratuitous equine. 

5. The mural structures are accoutered with auditory appendages.

6. Sylvan titans are effectuated by the diminutive products of their fecundity. 

 

7. For one suffering under the burden of adversity, gregariousness is a consolation sanguinely envisioned.

8 . It's tantamount to focusing your visual acuity in the pursuit of a domestic utensil in a mound of fodder. 

Answers:

 

1. Turn over a new leaf

2. Nothing ventured, nothing gained

3. The coast is clear.

4. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 

5. The walls have ears.

6. Great oaks from little acorns grow.

7. Misery loves company.

8. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.