Advanced Idioms - Proverbs 2
Index
Complete these proverbs using the jumbled letters.
ANSWERS
It never rains, but it ..........
pours [UOSRP]
Don't count your .......... before they're hatched.
[INCHCEKS]
A bad workman always .......... his tools.
[ASELBM]
A fool and his money are soon ..........
[TRDEPA]
Throw good money .......... bad.
[FTREA]
Every .......... has a silver lining.
[UOLDC]
Don't make a mountain out of a ..........
[LHILLEOM]
One .......... doesn't make a summer.
[WSLLWAO]
It's an .......... wind that blows nobody any good.
[LIL]
The end justifies the ..........
[EAMSN]
Two wrongs don't .......... a right.
[EMKA]
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Answers
1)
Don't count your
chickens
before they're hatched.
don't expect all your hopes to come true
2)
A bad workman always
blames
his tools.
failure on the job due to lack of necessary talent
3)
A fool and his money are soon
parted
.
foolish people spend money, without thinking
4)
Throw good money
after
bad.
continue spending money when sth. is failing
5)
Every
cloud
has a silver lining.
there is something good in everything that's bad
6)
Don't make a mountain out of a
molehill
.
don't make big issues on a very small thing
7)
One
swallow
doesn't make a summer.
a single instance of sth doesn't indicate a trend
8)
It's an
ill
wind that blows nobody any good.
even misfortune can benefit someone or something
9)
The end justifies the
means.
any methods are allowed to achieve something
10)
Two wrongs don't
make
a right.
a second mistake does not cancel the first
