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English Proverbs : Proverb to Meaning V


Given the MEANING, identify the PROVERB

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1.

If you keep contact with bad people, you get spoiled.

  When one door shuts another opens.

  Touch pitch and be defiled.

  Well begun is half done.

  To err is human.

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2.

Foolish people talk a lot.

  Every ass likes to hear himself bray.

  A watched pot never boils.

  What's done cannot be undone.

  Touch pitch and be defiled.

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3.

This is said in jest when a person we have been talking about meets us.

  A fool and his money are soon parted.

  Talk of the devil and the devil appears.

  Beauty is but skin deep.

  When in Rome do as the Romans do.

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4.

Do not judge solely by looks because appearances are deceptive.

  When one door shuts another opens.

  What's done cannot be undone.

  Beauty is but skin deep.

  The wish is father to the thought.

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5.

One must not miss opportunities by delaying action.

  Time and tide wait for no man.

  A watched pot never boils.

  Variety is the spice of life.

  There is no smoke without fire.

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6.

It is better to be unaware of something that will bring unhappiness.

  What's done cannot be undone.

  Beauty is but skin deep.

  You cannot have your cake and eat it.

  Where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise.

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7.

Without risks, there are no rewards.

  Nothing venture, nothing gain.

  The wish is father to the thought.

  Time and tide wait for no man.

  To err is human.

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