Let's start off with an easy question. What does the idiom "kick the bucket" mean?
To die
To retire
To go to sleep
To relax for the weekend
According to an old English proverb, a cat has how many lives?
According to the old proverb, what should be given when it's due?
Payment
Debit
Revenge
Credit
All that happens to be this also tends to end the same way. Which of these words seems to fit this proverb and the title of a Shakespearean play?
What phrase completes this proverb? When the cat is away, ___.
The hamster will play
The mice will play
The dogs will play
The children will play
Complete this saying: A leopard cannot change its ___.
A person who has a strong constitution is said to have a 'cast iron ___'. Which of these words fits the bill?
Stomach
Heart
Kidney
Hand
According to the old saying, which of these should you not place before the horse?
The buggy
The groceries
The cart
Your dinner
Complete this idiom: As ___ as a fruit cake.
You do not need to be a seamstress to complete the following proverb: A stitch in time, saves ___,
You're halfway there! To take sand to the beach means the same as which of these idioms?
Go down the garden path
Lead a horse to water
Go jump in a lake
Carry coals to Newcastle
Which of these other proverbs is closest in meaning to the following proverb? "Better late than never."
The early bird catches the worm.
All good things come to an end.
Good things must come to those who wait.
Time is money.
What word completes this idiom that means to be embarrassed: ___ on your face?
In the common proverb, what's the drink you make when life hands you something sour?
Cocktail
Lemonade
Coffee
Lime juice
Can you pick out the last word of this saying: "You can't teach an old dog new ___"?
Routes
Tricks
Habits
Games
What word completes this idiom that means to deprive somebody of their livelihood: take the ___ out of someone's mouth?
Complete this saying: If god had meant us to fly he would have given us ___.
Helicopters
Airplanes
Wings
Parachutes
Almost at the end! In the common saying, if you sell someone down the river, what have you done to them?
Protected them
Paid them
Killed them
Betrayed them
Which of these idioms means to move with hardly any effort?
Coast is clear
Left coast
From coast to coast
Coast along
Here's the final question: which of these other proverbs is closest in meaning to the following proverb? "Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst."
Better safe than sorry.
The grass is always greener on the other side.
Practice what you preach.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
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