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Nothing defines a culture as clearly as its language, and the element of language that best encapsulates a society's values and beliefs is its idioms and proverbs. Idioms and Proverbs are short and pithy sayings that express some traditionally held truth. They are usually metaphorical and often, for the sake of memorability, alliterative. **

Meaning: Eating an apple every day can help to keep you healthy. A s mall preventive treatment wards off serious problems.
 * A ** ** n apple ** ** a day keeps doctor away **


 * An empty purse frightens away friends **.

Meaning: When one's financial situation deteriorates, friends tend to disappear.

Meaning : Things that are done in love or war can often be excused. Meaning : What look good on the outside may not be so in reality.
 * All is fair in love and war ** [[image:all_gold_is_not_glitters.jpg width="185" height="172" align="right"]]
 * All that glitters is not gold **
 * An Englishman's home is his castle. ** [[image:an_englishman_house_is_like_castle.jpg width="248" height="158" align="right"]]

Meaning: An Englishman's home is a place where he feels safe enjoys privacy and can do as he wishes.

Meaning: When you are angry, it is best not to speak or act immediately. Meaning: Something bad or unpleasant today may bring good things in the future.
 * Anger is the one thing made better by delay. **
 * April show **** ers bring May flowers. **

Meaning: It's better to keep what you have than to risk losing it by searching for something better.
 * A bird in hand is worth two in a bush. **


 * A cat has nine lives **

Meaning: Cats can survive many accidents because they land on their feet without injury or three lives = 3 years to play, 3 years to stray, 3 years to stay.


 * A friend in need is a friend indeed. **

Meaning: Someone who helps you when you are in trouble is a real friend.


 * A friend's eye is a good mirror. **[[image:BIRD_HAND.jpg width="210" height="168" align="right"]]

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A real friend will tell you the truth.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A person's character is more important than their appearance.
 * Beauty is only skin deep. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Be careful in the choice of the people you associate with.
 * Better be alone than in bad company. **
 * Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: It's better to deal with somebody difficult but familiar, than change and risk dealing with somebody worse.


 * Better lose the saddle than the horse. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: It's better to stop and accept a small loss, rather than continue and risk losing everything.


 * Blood is thicker than water **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Family relationships are stronger than relationships with other people.


 * Charity begins at home. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A person's first duty is to help and care for his own family.


 * Cleanliness is next to godliness. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A clean body is just as important as a pure soul.


 * Dead men tell no tales ** [[image:devil.jpg width="167" height="190" align="right"]]

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A dead person cannot cause difficulties by revealing something that it would be preferable to conceal.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Refers to two people equally matched in wit or cunning.
 * Diamond cuts diamond **
 * Distance makes the heart grow fonder. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: When you are separated from the person you love, your feelings are even stronger.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: People from the same background have the same behaviour.
 * Dogs of the same street bark alike. **

** Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork .**

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Don't do something yourself which causes your own downfall.


 * Don't judge a book by its cover. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Don't judge by appearances.

** Easier said than done **.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning : What is suggested sounds easy but it is more difficult to actually do it. ** Elbow grease is the best polish. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Hard work gives the best results.

** Empty vessels make the most noise. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: The least intelligent people are often the most talkative or noisy.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: People like to listen to themselves talking.
 * Every ass likes to hear himself bray. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: There is a positive or hopeful side to every unpleasant situation.
 * Every cloud has a silver lining **

** Every why has a wherefore **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: There is an explanation for everything

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Experience and knowledge result in better judgment.
 * Experience is the father of wisdom. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: People show what they are really like by what they do, rather than by what they say.
 * Facts speak louder than words. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Knowing somebody very well may lead to a lack of respect for them.
 * Familiarity breeds contempt **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: No amount of talking can replace action.
 * Fine words butter no parsnips. **

First come, first served. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: The first person in the line will be attended to first.


 * Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning : Nothing is achieved without effort

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning : Give someone enough time and freedom and they will get into trouble.
 * Give someone enough rope and they will hang themselves. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Large successful operations can begin in a small way.
 * Great oaks grow from little acorns. **

Half a loaf is better than none.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: You should be grateful for something, even if it's not as much as you wanted.


 * Haste makes waste. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: If something is done too quickly, it may be done carelessly and need to be redone

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A person who feels hatred does not see any qualities in the person he/she hates. <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Knowledge leads us to make choices
 * Hatred is a blind as love. **
 * He, who knows nothing, doubts nothing. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: It's better to be in good health than to be rich.
 * Health is better than wealth. **


 * Home is where the heart is. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning : You call home the place where the people you love are.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: You can obtain more cooperation from others by being nice.
 * Honey catches more flies than vinegar. **


 * If in February there be no rain, 'tis neither good for hay nor grain. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning : Plants and crops will grow badly if there is no rain in early spring.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: If you try to do two things at the same time, you won't succeed in doing either of them.
 * If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. **


 * In for a penny, in for a pound. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: If you start something, it's better to spend the time or money necessary to complete it.


 * It never rains but it pours **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Misfortunes usually come in large numbers.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Don't express regret for something that has happened and cannot be remedied
 * It's no use crying over spilt milk. **


 * Justice delayed is justice denied. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: If the law is applied too late, there is no justice.


 * Kill one to warn a hundred. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning : Warn many by punishing a few


 * Kill the goose that lays the golden egg. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Destroy something that would be a source of wealth or success.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Don't rush into doing something until you know how to do it.
 * Learn to walk before you run. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A son's character can be expected to resemble his father's.
 * Like father, like son **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Disclosing important information (to the enemy or a competitor) could result in large
 * Loose lips sink ships **


 * Man proposes, God disposes. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Our destiny depends on God's will.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Sharing work makes work easier
 * Many hands make light work. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: If you get married too quickly, you may spend all your life regretting it.
 * Marry in haste, repent at leisure. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: You shouldn't waste money because it is not plentiful.
 * Money doesn't grow on trees **


 * No man can serve two masters. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: It's impossible to follow instructions from two different sources.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: If the news was bad, we would hear of it. Since we have heard nothing, we can assume that all is well.
 * No news is good news. **


 * No smoke without fire. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning : There could be some truth in the rumour


 * One swallow doesn't make a summer. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A single satisfactory event does not mean that all the others will be as good

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning : Don't miss opportunities that come along.
 * Opportunity **** seldom knocks twice **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Children often speak wisely
 * Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings **
 * People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: One should not criticize others for faults similar to one's own.


 * Poverty waits at the gates of idleness. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: If you do not work you will not make money.


 * Practice makes perfect **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Doing something repeatedly is the only way to become good at it.


 * Put all your eggs in one basket **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Risk everything by relying on one plan (by putting all one's money in one business).

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: There is satisfaction in returning an injury.
 * Revenge is sweet **


 * Rome **** was not built in a day **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: It takes a long time to do a job properly. You should not expect to do it quickly <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A quiet person can have much knowledge or wisdom.
 * Still waters run deep. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: What is forbidden is the most tempting
 * Stolen fruit is the sweetest. **


 * Tall oaks grow from little acorns. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Great things may come from small beginnings.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Children resemble their parents.
 * The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: If you want to do something successfully, you should do it as soon as you can. <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A group has more force than an individual.
 * The early bird catches the worm. **
 * Union is strength **.[[image:like_father.jpg width="225" height="249" align="right"]]

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: A person who doesn't want to do something always finds a reason to avoid it.
 * Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Doing a lot of different things makes life more interesting.
 * Variety is the spice of life. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: You should not expect praise for acting in a correct or moral way.
 * Virtue is its own reward. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Be careful. People could be listening.
 * Walls have ears. **


 * Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: Possible interpretation: an easily influenced person can be mislead
 * You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: You can offer someone an opportunity to do something but you can't force them.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: You help me and I'll help you
 * You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. **

<span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Meaning: do not jump to a conclusion based on one piece of evidence or single incident.
 * Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. **

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Wednesday July 8, 2009
= The boy who cried wolf =

FUN WITH PUNS By OH TEIK THEAM

 * A GROUP of villagers hired a boy to look after their sheep. “Don’t let the animals stray,” they instructed him, “and if you see or even so much as smell a wolf, shout your lungs out and we will come to help you.”**
 * Every morning the young shepherd drove his ovine charges out to the hillside and watched them all day. And at sunset he drove them back to the village. One afternoon the boy thought airily, I am really bored. Oh, if only I could play draughts with someone now.**
 * He decided to shoo away his boredom momentarily by counting the sheep – all 20 of them. At first he thought he had 19 head in his flock – until he rounded them up.**
 * The counting chore accomplished, he said to one of the animals: “Hey, ewe there, what is two minus two?” He paused before he continued: “You said nothing. Smart animal!”**
 * The young fellow took a nap under a shady tree. He had a weird dream in which he made a killing in the stock market by applying the maxim Buy sheep, sell deer.**
 * When he awoke, he felt bored again. Why don’t I play a practical joke on the villagers and have fun at their expanse? he thought. And he shouted: “Help! The wolves are at your sheep!”**
 * The villagers came running with sticks and staves. “Where are the wolves?” they panted out the question.**
 * The boy laughed and said: “Fooled you! But the upshot of my lie is that you have benefited from the exercise, since you are victims of circumference who look flabulous!”**
 * “Baaaad boy!” one villager shrieked, shaking his fist as his magnificent handlebar moustache quivered with rage. “If you repeat this prank, we’ll give you six of the best!”**
 * For several days the boy behaved himself. Then restlessness revisited him and he said to himself: “I wonder if the villagers will fall for the same prank one more time. I could again be successful beyond my wildest screams.” And he cupped his hands around his mouth and hollered: “Help! The wolves are at your sheep!”**
 * One villager said: “I think he is at his old sport. If a person pulls the wool over my eyes once, shame on him; if twice, shame on me.”**
 * The other villagers, however, said: “It may be true this time, and we stand to lose our sheep if we just sit here.” So they again seized their makeshift weapons and hurried to the scene.**
 * When the boy saw the villagers rushing towards the hillside, he said, giggling: “Ah, deja view.”**
 * “Where are the wolves?” the villagers cried when they reached the liar.**
 * “Wolves?” the scaremonger shrieked with wicked laughter. “I fooled you again!”**
 * An elderly villager gave the boy a series of spanks and warned him: “No more false alarms.”**
 * Another villager shook his head sadly and, suddenly remembering a quotation he had read somewhere, said: “Habits are fragile; you can’t drop one without breaking it.”**
 * A few days later a hungry wolf came trotting down from the thicket on the hilltop. And as it started to bring about the silence of the lambs, fear enveloped the boy like a black cloth. Shaking like a leaf, he let out a succession of screams that would put a self-righteous banshee to shame. “Wolf! Wolf!” he finally cried out in earnest.**
 * No help came.**
 * //Oh Teik Theam is the author of Learning English Idioms – It’s Hilariously Easy! and Learning English Proverbs – It’s Hilariously Easy!, available at bookstores.//**

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 * The first day you meet, you are friends. The next day you meet, you are brothers. — **** Afghan proverb **
 * Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble. – **** Chinese proverb **
 * A coral reef strengthens into land. – **** Hawaiian proverb **
 * Those who are choosy often pick the worst. – **** Ilocano proverb (Philippines) **
 * Experience is the comb that nature gives us when we are bald. – **** Belgian proverb **
 * A stranger nearby is better than a far-away relative. – **** Korean proverb **
 * Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm. – **** Malayan proverb **
 * Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough, but not baked in the same oven. – **** Yiddish proverb **
 * In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed. – **** Thai proverb **
 * In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins his case. – **** Rwandan proverb **
 * Little by little, the camel goes into the couscous. **** Moroccan proverb **
 * To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon. – **** Chinese proverb **
 * When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black. – **** German proverb **
 * The worse the passage the more welcome the port. – **** English proverb **



1.http://www.richhall.com/poor_richard.htm

2.http://www.bijlmakers.com/entomology/proverbs_insects_2.htm

3.http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/index.html

4.http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/views/proverbs/index.html



ACTIVITY 1: PROVERBIAL PICTURE PAGES
OBJECTIVE: Students learn the meaning of the word proverb and learn about the wisdom of English proverbs and use proverbs as inspiration for creative expression. STEP 1: Ask students whether they know the meaning of the word //proverb.// Tell students that a proverb is a short saying with a message that teaches a lesson. Tell students that the languages of English are rich in proverbs. Explain that English proverbs express the wisdom of the English people and are a key to understanding the English way of life. STEP 2: Arrange students into pairs. STEP 3: Ask each pair to choose a proverb (see list below) and follow these directions to make a Proverbial Picture Page:
 * Pick a proverb from the list.
 * Write the proverb on the bottom half of a sheet of construction paper.
 * Write the proverb's meaning beneath the proverb.
 * On the top half of the construction paper, draw a picture to illustrate the proverb.

**ACTIVITY 2: PLAY CHARADES** OBJECTIVE: Discuss how and why proverbs are passed down from generation to generation. Discuss ways in which culture is reflected in proverbs and how and why the meaning or lesson of a proverb might be cross-cultural. STEP 1: Play Charades. Write each proverb on a 3 x 5 card. Give each child a card to pantomime for the group. A limited time of 2-3 minutes per proverb might add to the excitement. (Teams could also be formed for Charades.) STEP 2: Have students write their own proverbs. Show the children how some proverbs are written. STEP 3: Discuss how community agencies and embassies often represent a variety of cultures and nationalities. Have children find the names and addresses of at least two local community agencies or embassies using such references as the library, phone book or local newspaper. STEP 4: Share the responses as they are received. Add to the proverb bulletin board.

** ACTIVITY 3: UNJUMBLE IDIOMS ** OBJECTIVE: At the end of this session participants will be able to understand the meaning of a group of idioms. STEP 1: unjumble the idiomatic questions which are inside the 2 Wordles?

STEP 2: Answer the questions and then compare with your partner.

<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OBJECTIVE: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> At the end of this session participants will be able to understand the meaning of a group of idioms. <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">STEP 1: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make a comic strip cartoon of an idiom. EXAMPLE 1: EXAMPLE 2:
 * ACTIVITY 4: MAKE A COMIC STRIP **

STEP 2: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then get students to create their own example.

** ACTIVITY 5: PUZZLE

OBJECTIVE: To make sure that students know the proverbs that they have learn so far in classroom**

STEP 1: Find the proverbs in the puzzle.



STEP 2: Compare the answer with your friends and check it out the answer with your teacher.