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)