For Lovers of English: 100 English Proverbs
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Good to see that you have an interest in English proverbs. They appear in all areas of life, offering sage advice to help us get on with people and stay healthy, wealthy and wise. In this little collection there are 100 proverbs divided up into ten chapters with ten proverbs in each chapter. If you want to play for points, you can award yourself 5 points if you can work out the proverb without any context. You get 2 points if you can work it out when you see the proverb in context. How many points can you score in each chapter? Can you beat your husband, wife, daughter, son, grandma?
However you choose to use the book, I hope you enjoy it - and please look out for more books in the 'For Lovers of English' range.
Jeremy Taylor
I've been writing since 1984, had my first book published in 1989 and have published another 55 books since then. I write mostly for teenage learners of English but also write a lot of short stories.
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For Lovers of English - Jeremy Taylor
Introduction
Good to see that you have an interest in English proverbs. They appear in all areas of life, offering sage advice to help us get on with people and stay healthy, wealthy and wise. In this little collection there are 100 proverbs divided up into ten chapters with ten proverbs in each chapter. If you want to play for points, you can award yourself 5 points if you can work out the proverb without any context. You get 2 points if you can work it out when you see the proverb in context. How many points can you score in each chapter? Can you beat your husband, wife, daughter, son, grandma?
However you choose to use the book, I hope you enjoy it - and please look out for more books in the 'For Lovers of English' range.
Jeremy Taylor
Chapter One - Money matters
1.
Time i_ m____.
Hey guys, don't stand around drinking tea when you should be working. Don't forget, time i_ m_____.
Time is money.
2.
Where t______ m___, t____ b____.
A friend of mine is a scrap metal dealer. Last week I saw him at the airport - flying off for two weeks in the Seychelles. I had no idea dealing in scrap metal was such a good business but perhaps it’s true that where t______ m___, t____ b____.
Where there's muck, there's brass.
Please note the answer is brass, not bras.
3.
You c____ t___ i_ w___ y__.
I cannot believe the number of world cruises my grandmother has been on. And she bought a new car – a top of the range Volvo. Well I suppose she hasn’t got much time left on this Earth and you c____ t___ i_ w___ y__.
You can’t take it with you.
4.
A fool a__ h__ m____ a__ s___ p_____.
My Uncle went to Petticoat Lane market in London and he came home with a Bulgarian radio – which doesn’t work, that cost him £35, A real