Proverbs
A Puzzle by David Pleacher
See if you can fill in the missing words for
each of the proverbs below:
For example, C. K. the C. would be
Curiosity killed the Cat.
- All R. L. to R.
(This is similar to: All dirt roads lead to West Virginia...)
- G. is O. P. I. and N.-N. P. P.
(This is a saying of Thomas Edison)
- Y. can't G. H. A.
(This is the title of a novel by Thomas Wolfe)
- An A. a D. K. the D. A.
- D. J. a B. by its C.
- B. of a F. F. T.
- The B. S. H.
(President Truman had this sign on his desk)
- The C. of T. L. N. did R. S.
(From A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare)
- F. R. in W. A. F. to T.
(In Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism")
- E. to B. and E. to R. M. a M. H., W., and W.
(From Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack)
- E., D. and B. M. for T. W. D.
(From Isaiah 22:13 and Luke 12:19, also Dave Matthews)
- I. is B.
- L. is S.; A. is L.
(translated from the Latin by Chaucer)
- M. D. N. L. by B. A.
(Moses in the book of Exodus)
- G. F. M. G. N.
(by Robert Frost in "Mending Wall")
- N. M. C. S. T. M.
(Jesus in the Gospels)