PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS
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Here are some proverbs :Read them and Match each proverb with it
PROVERs meaning :
PROVERBS EXRCISE(1)
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1. If you are afraid of wolf – don’t enter the forest.
2. If you don’t work hard, you won't get a fish from a pond.
3. Don’t dig a hole for somebody – you’ll get there yourselves.
4. Rome was not built in one night (at one moment).
MEANINGS:
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A. A person prepares a bad situation for his partner, but that is he who suffers in it.
B. Everything that is big, nice and important is created gradually neither in an hour nor in a day
C. Those who are afraid of difficulties mustn’t create business of their own.
D. Even a small (every) result needs a great work, it is achieved by the work
EXERCISE(2):
CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE PROVERB THAT GOES WITH THE GIVEN EXPLANATION :
1.It is better to accept the little we have than reject it hoping to get a lot later.
a)The best fish swim near the bottom.
b)Bad news travels fast.
a)A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
c)Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
2.It is preferable to be cautious than be rash and get into trouble.
a)Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
b)Better safe than sorry.
c)Bad news travels fast.
d)Birds of a feather flock together.
3.People with similar interests and tastes tend to group.
a)A bad workman always blames his tools.
b)Better safe than sorry.
c)Blood is thicker than water.
d)Birds of a feather flock together
4.It is preferable to do a job even if it is delayed than not do it at all.
a)Better late than never.
b)Actions speak louder than words.
c) A bad workman always blames his tools.
d)As you sow, so shall you reap.
5.It is what we do that matters and not just what we say.
a)Beggars cannot be choosers.
b)Call a spade a spade.
c)Barking dogs seldom bite.
d)Actions speak louder than words.
