Question

There is a
word missing in each of these proverbs. Choose the correct one from the three
possibilities. Give the Russian equivalent of the English proverbs.

1.
Life is not a bed of ………... .
(tulips, daffodils, roses)

2.
A sound mind in a sound ………. . (body, head,
forehead)

3.
A green …….. is soon healed. (tree,
wound, eye)

4.
An old ……… makes a straight furrow.
(horse, cow, ox)

5.
All is not …….. that glitters.
(gold, silver, glass)

6.
The ………. is not so as he is painted.
(devil, angel, man)

7.
A lazy man is the beggar’s ………….
(sister, brother, father)

8.
One man’s fault is another man’s
………. (money, lesson, lecture)

9.
He that …….. every bush must never
go a birding. ( breaks, likes , fears)

10. Practice is
the best ………….. . ( lesson, teacher, master)

Answer 1

Roses
head
tree
horse
gold
devil
brother
lesson
breaks
teacher