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Proverbs & Idioms

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    Proverbs & Idioms
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  • Losing that job was _______, and I ended up in a much more enjoyable career.
    a blessing in disguise
    birds of a feather flock together
    one scabby sheep is enough to spoil the whole flock
    necessity is the mother of invention
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  • Don't be so grumpy and pessimistic, every cloud has a silver _______.
    rainbow
    lining
    thunder
    storm
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  • We were _______ when our team won the championship.
    poor as a church mouse
    crossing the stream where it is shallowest
    the first step that costs
    on cloud nine
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  • The walls have _____, so be careful about what you say.
    ears
  •  20
  • Silence is _______ when you can't think of a good answer.
    golden
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  • The very first rule, as with all sickness, is that _______.
    don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
    so much to do, so little done
    prevention is better than cure
    calamity is man's true touchstone
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  • I don't drink wine usually but on holiday, but when in Rome, _____.
    do as the Romans do
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  • The old saying that a picture is worth a ________ words, which means it is more true than ever in the computer world.
    thousand
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  • I sometimes think I'd be happier teaching in Spain. Oh well, the grass is always _______ on the other side!
    greener
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  • I'm not surprised these two are such friends; they are ______
    a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
    a bad beginning makes a good ending
    birds of a feather flock together
    rats desert a falling house
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