Old sayings and figures of speech get a second wind, with the help of 4th graders.
- The grass is always greener when…
- you leave the sprinkler on.
- A rolling stone…
- plays the guitar.
- The grass is always greener…
- when you remember to water it.
- A bird in the hand is…
- a real mess.
- No news is…
- no newspaper.
- It’s better to light one candle than…
- to waste electricity.
- It’s always darkest just before…
- I open my eyes.
- You have nothing to fear but…
- homework.
- If you can’t stand the heat…
- don’t start the fireplace.
- If you can’t stand the heat…
- go swimming.
- Never put off ’til tomorrow…
- what you should have done yesterday.
- A penny saved is…
- nothing in the real world.
- The squeaking wheel gets…
- annoying.
- We have nothing to fear but…
- our principal.
- To err is human…
- To eat a muskrat is not.
- I think, therefore I…
- get a headache.
- Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and…
- someone yells, “Shut up!”
- Better to light a candle than to…
- light an explosive.
- It’s always darkest before…
- 9:30 p.m.
- Early to bed and early to rise…
- is first in the bathroom.
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a…
- blister.
- There is nothing new under the…
- bed.
- The grass is always greener…
- when you put manure on it.
- Don’t count your chickens…
- it takes too long.