MIXED MESSAGES

GAMES Magazine

May, 2000

Stephen Siderman

Can you supply a conflicting proverb for each one below? For example, given, Make hay while the sun shines, you could answer, All things come to those who wait.

1. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

2. Look before you leap.

3. Birds of a feather flock together.

4. Seeing is believing.

5. It's never too late to learn.

6. You can't tell a book by its cover.

7. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

8. Cheaters never prosper.

9. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

10. Silence is golden.

11. Variety is the spice of life.

12. The pen is mightier than the sword.

Conflicting Proverbs:

 

1. Many hand make light work.

2. He who hesitates is lost.

3. Familiarity breeds contempt.

4. All that glitters is not gold.

5. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

6. What you see is what you get.

7. Better safe than sorry.

8. All's fair in love and war.

9. Out of sight, out of mind.

10. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

11. Don't change horses in midstream.

12. Actions speak louder than words.