C2 · Mastery
Proverbs on Prudence and Judgment
Interpret proverbs about ambition, appearances and patience, recognize variants and test the advice against a counterexample.
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- Words & phrases
- 40
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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- All that glitters is not gold.
- Clothes make the man.
- New brooms sweep clean.
- First come, first served.
- Hunger is the best cook.
- The grass is always greener on the other side.
- Without food and drink the hero is no good.
- When the manger is empty, the horses bite (scarcity breeds conflict).
- Cobbler, stick to your last.
- Well begun is half done.
- Pride comes before a fall.
- Fortune favors the bold.
- Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
- Speech is silver, silence is golden.
- Third time's the charm.
- There's no smoke without fire.
- Barking dogs seldom bite.
- Birds of a feather flock together.
- The higher the flight, the harder the fall.
- Don't praise the day before sunset.
- Necessity knows no law.
- One good turn deserves another.
- Self-praise stinks.
- A thief thinks everyone steals.
- Prevention is better than cure.
- You hear a lot before your ears fall off.
- You see the splinter in your brother's eye but not the beam in your own.
- We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
- Unity is strength.
- You live and learn.
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
- The devil finds work for idle hands.
- Man proposes, God disposes.
- Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
- Penny wise, pound foolish.
- The cure is worse than the disease.
- In for a penny, in for a pound.
- hindsight is twenty-twenty
- Discretion is the better part of valor.
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- Lesson 1
Proverbs About Prudence and Judgment
- Lesson 2
Judging a Manager Through Proverbs
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