Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________

English Proverbs
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L C C
A A L
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H D O U B L E O
A G M T
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S T I T C H B R O T H
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C T V B
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H E E M R R
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S A F E I R O N I S M O K E
P D T N L E
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P O F F J U G D E L D
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L O R S A I S
E R E B N
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W D E S E R V E S G
A E
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P O W E R B L O O D N
D O C
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H O M E E
K
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G L I T T E R S

Across
5. 4. Joy shared is ___________ joy, grief shared is only 1. 17. ____________ is the best medicine.
half grief.
6. 10. A ________ in time saves nine.
7. 23. Too many cooks spoil the _________.
12. 9. Better________ than sorry.
14. 8. Strike while the ______ is hot.
15. 7. There's no _________ without fire.
16. 6. Talk your head _______.
18. 3. Don't ________ a book by its cover.
20. 15. One good turn __________ another.
21. 11. Knowledge is ________.
22. 14. ___________ is thicker than water.
24. 13. Charity begins at _________.
25. 1. All that _________ is not gold.
Down
2. 18. As _______ as a cat.
3. 24. Cut your coat according to your __________.
4. 12. Don't count the chicken before they are
____________.
8. 20. Nothing ___________, nothing gain.
9. 19. Familiarity _________ contempt.
10. 2. Great ________ think alike.
11. 25. A ________ stone gathers no moss.
13. 22. An _________ a day keeps the doctor away.
17. 5. One step ___________, two steps back.
19. 21. __________ makes the heart grow fonder.
23. 16. ___________ before you leap.