PRO-VERBS CREATIVE WISDOM

Each well-known proverb can be given a funny twist by changing any element.
Take for example:

ONE MAN´S MEAT IS ANOTHER MAN´S POISON

.....................CEILING..................................FLOOR

.....................NEWS.......................................TROUBLES

.....................FISH..........................................POISSON

....................RED TAPE................................SYSTEM

....................WAGE RISE........................PRICE INCREASE

....................DEATH................................OPPORTUNITY

I GIVE THE STUDENTS THE FIRST HALF OF THE PROVERB AND ASK THEM TO COME UP WITH THE MISSING BIT:

HE WHO LAUGHS LAST................(DID NOT GET THE JOKE)

BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN...................(PUNCH SOMEONE)

                                                                       (HIT A TEACHER)

TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN....................

BETTER DIE ON YOUR FEET THAN LIVE ON YOUR KNEES

BETTER LATE THAN.....................................(PREGNANT).

EVERY DOG HAS ITS......................................(KENNEL)

WHERE THERE´S SMOKE THERE IS...............(POLLUTION)

THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN....................(THE PIG)

A BIRD IN THE HAND IS..................(BAD TABLE MANNERS)

THOSE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT..........

HUMAN..................................................IS ENDLESS. 

IT´S EASY TO DESPISE...........WHAT YOU CAN(T) GET .

WHILE THE CAT´S AWAY.................................................

EVERY CLOUD /CROWD/........... HAS A SILVER LINING

AN APPLE/ORGASM/...A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.

ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR/GOLF/SOCCER/................

FAMILIARITY BREEDS.....CHILDREN/MORE FAMILIARITY

A FRIEND IN NEED IS.A FRIEND IN DEBT/ A LOSTFRIEND

WHERE THERE´S LIFE/ TEA/A HEAD..... THERE´S HOPE 

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO..........................PLAY CHESS/......

............/ ............./...............MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND.

........../.............../................IS NOT EVERYTHING.

ONCE A......../..............ALWAYS or EVER A.........../............

TO......./............... OR NOT TO......./.......(that´s the question)

................. ./..........................IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.

SCRATCH A..................AND YOU WILL FIND A.................

SHOW ME A ...............AND I WILL SHOW YOU A...............

........./.........../.........IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY

IF AT FIRST YOU DON´T SUCCEED..........................................

............................/................................IS THE BEST TEACHER

WHERE THERE´S A WILL............................................/.............

A WOMAN WITHOUT A MAN IS....................................../...........

TOO MANY....../...../CLICKS SPOIL THE......../..../BROWSE

THERE´S NO PLACE LIKE .........../............/  HOME.COM

TWO´S COMPANY,THREE´S......../...../THE MUSKETEERS

AS YOU MAKE YOUR BED SO..................................................

DON´T BITE THE HAND THAT...............................................

YOU CAN´T TEACH AN OLD DOG.........................................

NO NEWS IS................................................................................

THERE´S NO FOOL LIKE.........................................................

TIME IS.......................................................................................

LOVE IS..........................................................................................

BEAUTY IS....................................................................................

HAPPINESS IS............................................................................