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Common Proverbs Meaning BasedSet 17

1For the glory of God alone

2A ..... would never agree to have dinner at a Wendy's or any other fast food restaurant.

3Choose the right variant. 'An apple a day keeps the ..... away.

4Complete the proverb: When in Rome, .....

5Deck the halls with bows of holly! .....

6Bumbershoot means:

7"When it rains it pours" means:

8Proverbs-Choose the correct meaning: "A stitch in time saves nine" means:

9What would please the Buddha more than praise?

10Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

11..... is the best policy

12Red herring

13An admirable quality that cannot be adequately described

14According to the famous saying, how many lives does a cat have?

15A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/patriotism:

16Knowing this would completely satisfy the needs of the intellect .....

17Skilled or knowledgeable about technology

18Example: I thought getting my mom to let me stay up late would be easy as pie, but I was wrong!What does easy as pie mean?

19The men who created our government are known as the:

20The meaning of the maxim 'nemo dat quad non habet' is .....

21Her revenge on him was her way of making him taste his own medicine. "Taste one's own medicine" means

22Many people have given up cigarette smoking-and .....

23Choose the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom/ proverb:Absence makes the heart grow fonder

24Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom.To leave someone in the lurch

25Beggars can't be .....

26What is the meaning of this idiom, adage or proverb?Practice makes perfect.

27Labor omnia vincit

28What is the meaning of this idiom, adage or proverb?It's a hot potato.

29A Latin phrase that translates to "Sieze the day."

30Choose the most suitable proverb.My mother is always helping people and people often return the favour. As she says, .....

31Choose the most suitable proverb.The teacher asked Ariff to try writing a lot of essays at home if he wants to get an 'A' in English. As the saying goes .....

32Why do you have to be Romeo, a Montague .....

33It is up to you to take the initiative or make the next move.

34Which proverb advises skepticism about claims that are said but not done?

35Which proverb cautions that one good event does not prove everything is fine?

36When a man's ways please the Lord, .....

37This is a Latin phrase that means "it doesn't follow" and is often used for comedic effect in stories.

38What is the 'work' of childhood?

39What does "happy hunting ground" symbolize in Native American belief?

40Part A: What is the meaning of the proverb beggars can't be choosers in paragraph 10?

41What is the main lesson of the proverb, 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'?

42What does 'in all likelihood' mean?

43To bear in mind means

44Be a fad means:

45If he can go out with his friends, then she should be able to, too. .....

46What is the meaning of this idiom, adage or proverb?Many hands make light work.

47Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom.A man of straw

48What is the meaning of this idiom, adage or proverb?You reap what you sow.

49An adage is?

50Bag of tricks

51What did "living water" mean?

52The main goal in translating proverbs is:

53What does 'myself to myself' mean?

54He seemed friendly at first, but turned out to be ....., taking credit for my work.

55What is the correct phrase in the sentence "Birds of feathers flock together"?

56Which proverb states that deciding ends the possibility of changing course?

57A:-wow, it's going to rainB:-yah, .....

58The Italian proverbs say " se nonsta andando be ne chiamare la nonna"What does "proverb" mean?

59Epigrams are .....

60Mist

61Buyer beware