Kids Say the Darnest Things

A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you.
  1. Better to be safe than punch a 5th grader
  2. Strike while the bug is close
  3. It's always darkest before Daylight Savings Time
  4. Never underestimate the power of termites
  5. You can lead a horse to water but how?
  6. Don't bite the hand that looks dirty
  7. No news is impossible
  8. A miss is as good as a Mr.
  9. You can't teach an old dog new math
  10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll stink in the morning
  11. Love all, trust me
  12. The pen is mightier than the pigs
  13. An idle mind is the best way to relax
  14. Where there's smoke there's pollution
  15. Happy the bride who gets all the presents
  16. A penny saved is not much
  17. Two's company, three's the Musketeers
  18. Don't put off till tomorrow what you put on to go to bed
  19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you have to blow your nose
  20. None are so blind as Stevie Wonder
  21. Children should be seen and not spanked or grounded
  22. If at first you don't succeed get new batteries
  23. You get out of something what you see pictured on the box
  24. When the blind leadeth the blind get out of the way