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English Proverbs : Proverb to Meaning IV


Given the MEANING, identify the PROVERB

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1.

Anybody or anything no longer seen is soon forgotten.

  Prevention is better than cure.

  Practice makes perfect.

  Set a thief to catch a thief.

  Out of sight out of mind.

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2.

If there is no information then one can assume all is fine.

  No news is good news.

  One rotten apple spoils the rest.

  A rolling stone gathers no moss.

  Nothing succeeds like success.

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3.

If an opportunity is missed, there will be plenty more.

  Prevention is better than cure.

  One must draw the line somewhere.

  One is never too old to learn.

  There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

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4.

Great tasks take time, hard work and perseverance.

  Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration.

  Speech is silver, silence is golden.

  Rome was not built in a day.

  A rose with any other name would smell as sweet.

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5.

What a thing is called is unimportant compared to what it really is.

  A stitch in time saves nine.

  Nothing succeeds like success.

  A rose with any other name would smell as sweet.

  Set a thief to catch a thief.

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6.

Whatever our age and however much we know, we can still increase our knowledge.

  The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

  Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

  A stitch in time saves nine.

  One is never too old to learn.

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7.

An unpleasant experience is not forgotten and teaches caution.

  One rotten apple spoils the rest.

  Once bitten, twice shy.

  A rose with any other name would smell as sweet.

  One good turn deserves another.

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