TRUTH-ISMS II

GAMES/World of Puzzles 

June, 2023

Shawn Kennedy

 

Below are proverbs and sayings with each word replaced by its initial letter, except that the word "IS" is always shown by an equal sign (=). For example, APS = APE, would be read, A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED. How many can you identify?

 

1. AFIN = AFI

2. NM = AI

3. AH = NAH

4. TJ = U

5. TP = ITP

6. AM = AGAAM

7. C = NTG

8. TC = AR

9. TE = H

10. TD = ITD

 

(Indirect) HINTS: 

1. Who's your buddy?

2. John Dunne

3. Where love dwells

4. "It's over."

5. Taste test 

6. Close, but no cigar

7. Broom

8. Store policy, often

9. We all make them

10. Fine points

Answers:

 

1. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

2. No man is an island.

3. A house is not a home.

4. The jig is up.

5. The  proof is in the pudding.

6. A miss is as good as a mile.

7. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

8. The customer is always right.

9. To err is human.

10. The devil is in the details.