Wonderlic English Proverbs questions and answers with complete solutions
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Actions speaks louder than words. - Answer Prove what you say by your actions.
Give someone an inch, he/she will take a mile. - Answer If you give someone a little of something, he/she will try to take a lot more
Let bygones be bygones - Answer Let's forget what happened in the past.
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Wonderlic English Proverbs questions and
answers with complete solutions
Actions speaks louder than words. - Answer Prove what you say by your actions.
Give someone an inch, he/she will take a mile. - Answer If you give someone a little of something, he/she will try to take a lot more
Let bygones be bygones - Answer Let's forget what happened in the past.
The shoe is on the other foot. - Answer The situation is reversed. My technical lead is now my employee. Suddenly, the shoe is on the other foot.
When it rains, it pours. - Answer When an event occurs, it occurs with great intensity and frequency.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. - Answer A friend who is helpful in times of hardship is a true friend.
A watched pot never boils. - Answer If you wait for something to happen, it will never happen.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. - Answer People, places, or things become
more valuable the longer they are absent.
All's fair in love and war. - Answer When two people are fighting to win the love of someone else, there are no rules of fair play. All's well that ends well. - Answer As long as there is a happy outcome, the struggle to it is worthwhile.
Beggars can't be choosers. - Answer People who are given something for free can't be selective.
Better late than never. - Answer It's better to do something late than not do it at all.
Better safe than sorry. - Answer It's better to do something cautiously then to suffer the consequences later.
Blood is thicker than water. - Answer Loyalty is to the family first.
Close, but no cigar. - Answer Being partially accurate is still inaccurate.
Crime doesn't pay. - Answer Whatever the outcome, it's not worth committing a crime.
Curiosity killed the cat. - Answer People who are too inquisitive and meddlesome
can get themselves into trouble.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch. - Answer Don't assume success until
it actually happens.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. - Answer Don't gamble your possibility of success on one goal since failure could mean losing everything.
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