TRUTH-ISMS IV

With a nod to Shawn Kennedy 

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2023

Below are proverbs and familiar expressions with each word replaced by its initial letter. The word IS is always shown by an equal sign (=). For example, HWH = L would be HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST. T = C would be TALK IS CHEAP.  

1. AD = AMBF

2. N = TMOI

3. B = TSOL 

4. T = STF

5. TP = R

6. F = NF

7. W = H

8. L = B

9. K = P

10. S = B

11. T = M

(Indirect) HINTS:

1. Rover 

2. Creativity

3. Food

4. Reality

5. Game show

6. Democracy 

7. General Sherman

8. No fault

9. Wisdom

10. No doubt

11. Value

 

Answers:

 

1. A dog is a man's best friend.

2. Necessity is the mother of invention.

3. Bread is the staff of life.

4. Truth is stranger than fiction.

5. The Price Is Right

6. Freedom is not free.

7. War is Hell.

8. Love is blind.

9. Knowledge is power. 

10. Seeing is believing.

11. Time is money.

 

 

 

TRUTH-ISMS III

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2023

Shawn Kennedy (1-3)

 

Below are proverbs and sayings with each word replaced by its initial letter, except the word "IS" is always shown by an equal sign (=). For example, TC = AR, would be read, THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT. TE = H, would be TO ERR IS HUMAN. How many can you identify?

 

1. S = G

2. L = M

3. W = M

4. E = TBT

5. TO = ITM

6. M = TROAE

7. TP = MTTS

8. L = TBM

 

(Indirect) HINTS:

1. Shhh

2. Bikini/Burka

3. Alas!

4. Lesson

5. Biblical emergency 

6. Cash

7. Written word

8. Who needs a doctor?

Answers:

 

1. Silence is golden.

2. Less is more.

3. Woe is me.

4. Experience is the best teacher.

5. The ox is in the mire.

6. Money is the root of all evil

7. The pen is mightier than the sword

8. Laughter is the best medicine.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

TRUTH-ISMS I

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2023

Shawn Kennedy

 

Below are common proverbs and sayings with each word replaced by its initial letter, except that the word "IS" is always shown as an equal sign (=).  For example, ABITH = WTITB, would be read, A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. How many can you identify?

 

1. B = TTW

2. NN = GN

3. ATG - NG

4. I = TSFOF

5. H = WTH =

6. APS = APE

7. D = TBPOV

8. B = ITEOTB

9. WYS = WYG

10. AR=AR=AR

 

(Indirect) HINTS:

1. Family

2. Information

3. Appearances can be deceiving

4. Copycat

5. Metaphorical organ of love

6. One of the Founding Fathers

7. The bard of Avon

8. We each see things differently

9. Take a look

10. **

Answers:

 

1. Blood is thicker than water.

2. No news is good news.

3. All that glitters is not gold.

4. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

5. Home is where the heart is.

6. A penny saved is a penny earned.

7. Discretion is the better part of valor.

8. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

9. What you see is what you get.

10. A rose is a rose is a rose.