Memorize these and recognize 18.0% of all Proverbs clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | 6 | "Sine cerere et baccho friget Venus" means "without food and wine" this, represented by Venus, "grows cold" |
| 2 | time | 5 | According to the proverb on perserverance, it's how "the goose is plucked" |
| 3 | Money | 4 | "Never marry for" this; "ye'll borrow it cheaper" |
| 4 | a lion | 4 | "A live dog is better than a dead" one of these regal beasts |
| 5 | spoil the broth | 4 | "Many spoil the broth cooks too" |
| 6 | another man's poison | 4 | One mind's moat is another mind's prison |
| 7 | opportunity | 3 | It "seldom knocks twice" |
| 8 | marry | 3 | Do this "in haste, and repent at leisure" |
| 9 | until the fat lady sings | 3 | "The opera isn't over..." |
| 10 | twice shy | 3 | Once twice shy bitten |
| 11 | the grease | 3 | The grease wheel gets the squeaky |
| 12 | Strike while the iron is hot | 3 | Iron while is the strike hot |
| 13 | play | 3 | "When the cat's away" this happens |
| 14 | let sleeping dogs lie | 3 | Dogs lie sleeping let |
| 15 | its weakest link | 3 | "A chain is no stronger than..." |
| 16 | healthy, wealthy & wise | 3 | "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man..." |
| 17 | Actions speak louder than words | 3 | Words louder than actions speak |
| 18 | a woman scorned | 3 | "Hell hath no fury..." |
| 19 | In wine, truth | 3 | Translation of the Latin proverb "In vino veritas" |
| 20 | while the sun shines | 2 | Smart farmers make hay then |
| 21 | war | 2 | It's "death's feast", & "there has never been a good" one |
| 22 | Two heads are better than one | 2 | Better one are heads than two |
| 23 | to catch a thief | 2 | As Robert Wagner could tell you, one must "set a thief to" do this |
| 24 | the wind | 2 | What "He that troubles his own house will inherit" |
| 25 | the sweeter the meat | 2 | "The nearer the bone..." |
| 26 | The pen is mightier than the sword | 2 | Pen mightier is than the the sword |
| 27 | the devil | 2 | An idle mind is said to be his workshop |
| 28 | the bone | 2 | "The nearer" this, "the sweeter the flesh" |
| 29 | spring | 2 | It's when "a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" |
| 30 | Sleep | 2 | It's been called "The greatest thief, for it steals half one's life" |
| 31 | Sheep | 2 | "There is a black" one of these animals "in every flock" |
| 32 | run deep | 2 | "Still waters ____ ____" |
| 33 | rocks the cradle | 2 | "The hand that" does this "is the hand that rules the world" |
| 34 | Practice what you preach | 2 | What preach you practice |
| 35 | patience | 2 | As well as "a virtue", it's also "The key of paradise" |
| 36 | one man's meat | 2 | It's "another man's poison" |
| 37 | necessity | 2 | "Experience is the mother of wisdom" & this "is the mother of of invention" |
| 38 | music | 2 | It's been called "the only universal tongue", "the speech of angels" & "the eye of the ear" |
| 39 | Miss | 2 | Oh, shoot! This is "as good as a mile" |
| 40 | look | 2 | OK, OK—"He who hesitates is lost"... but aren't I supposed to do this before I leap? |
| 41 | last | 2 | "He who laughs" this way "laughs best" |
| 42 | Honesty | 2 | Shakespeare said that "no legacy is so rich as" this; maybe that's why it's "the best policy" |
| 43 | home | 2 | "Go abroad and you'll hear news of" this |
| 44 | haste | 2 | It "makes waste" |
| 45 | get out of the kitchen | 2 | "If you can't stand the heat..." |
| 46 | fool | 2 | Dating from the 1500s when it was spelled with 5 letters, "There is no" this "like an old" this |
| 47 | dead men | 2 | They don't bite, they tell no tales & according to Steve Martin, they "Don't Wear Plaid" |
| 48 | contempt | 2 | "Familiarity breeds..." |
| 49 | Clothes | 2 | These "make the man" |
| 50 | broken | 2 | "Promises are like pie-crust, made to be..." |
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