Can you name the last few words to these adages?

Adage	Guess
A stitch in time...
A penny saved...
A bird in the hand...
Never look a gift horse...
You cannot have your cake...
Never judge a book...
If at first you don't succeed...
She can't see the forest...
You can't teach an old dog...
You can lead a horse to water...
Absence makes...
A rolling stone...
Fools rush in...
An ounce of prevention...
The pen is mightier...

Adage	Guess
A place for everything and...
The road to hell is paved...
Better to be safe...
What's good for the goose...
Laugh, and the world laughs with you...
Good fences make...
Early to bed and early to rise...
Those who live in glass houses...
Don't count your chickens...
The squeaky wheel...
Necessity is...
Don't put the cart...
When it rains...
All work and no play makes...
Birds of a feather...

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Adages Quiz

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Published: February 2nd, 2009
Category: Language
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Tags: last, few, guess, adage

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	PennyGurl:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 17:52 GMT	7 points
	A place for everything and everything IN ITS PLACE. The word RIGHT is NOT in this adage. Funny that NO ONE got the answer correct.

	Nezu_Chiza:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 17:57 GMT	14 points
	I was just going to comment on that. I tried "everything in its place" repeatedly and couldn't get it to accept it. I have never, EVER seen "right" used in the phrase. Still, a fun quiz!

	Hejman:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 17:58 GMT	12 points
	Add me with PennyGurl and Nezu Chiza, I had never heard that adage with the word "right" in it and drove myself batty trying all different combinations to get it right.

	ShepherdBook:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:00 GMT	5 points
	Funny, I was always taught not to throw rocks. I guess that's WAY different from stones.

	Jaspers:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:01 GMT	81 points
	Demetri Martin: "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Okay. How about "Nobody should throw stones." That's crappy behavior. My policy is: "No stone throwing regardless of housing situation." Don't do it. There is one exception though. If you're trapped in a glass house, and you have a stone, then throw it. What are you, an idiot? So maybe it's "Only people in glass houses should throw stones, provided they are trapped in the house with a stone." It's a little longer, but yeah.

	Nezu_Chiza:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:03 GMT	2 points
	But wouldn't throwing a stone in a glass house your trapped in just cause shards of razor sharp glass to fall and kill you?

	ambrosiasweet:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:04 GMT	2 points
	"Great quiz!!! I couldn't remember the "makes a man" part of "early to bed..."

	PresidentJSC:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:06 GMT	1 point
	I was always told "If at first you don't succeed try again." I missed out a "try" and it didn't work.

	Drago1234:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:07 GMT	1 point
	Got them all! I was sure that 'right' wasn't in the everything in it's place one either, but it worked when i put it in without the 'right'

	Bethannie:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:07 GMT	51 points
	I remember the quiz show where someone was asked to complete the saying 'people who live in glass houses shouldn't.....' The contestant answered 'take baths!'

	beatrix kiddo:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:08 GMT	13 points
	tried the 'laugh and world ...' with cry, not weep, but it didn't seem to work (that's how i learnt that phrase). points off for me for not being erudite enough!

	rottenmonk:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:12 GMT	2 points
	Should be "never look A gift horse in the mouth" -Should be a, not at.

	GPS:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:14 GMT	2 points
	Wow, those are really good. I got them all although I have always heard it as "All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy", but just happened to remember hearing it as Jack one time. Favorite adages: Dont look a gift horse.... Early to bed, early to rise... and cant see the forest... Least favorite: Fools rush in...

	MghtyRoach:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:17 GMT	11 points
	Penny, Nezu, I think whoever made this quiz simply had been listening to too much Radiohead.

	chikka2:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:19 GMT	1 point
	I've seen "good" for the goose as "what's sauce for the goose, is sauce for the gander"...no gender-based entitlement here! Good quiz. How about a sequel?

	davidr:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:28 GMT	1 point
	I've never heard the `too' on the end of `You can't have your cake...' Perhaps this is a US/UK difference?

	DirtyKash:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:29 GMT	55 points
	"No TV and no beer make Homer something something." "Go crazy?" "Don't mind if I do!"

	brianc:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:29 GMT	0 points
	26/30, couldn't remember the right phrasing for the cart before the horse, kept trying "in front of the horse"

	Tim_Allen:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:30 GMT	67 points
	How about the lesser known, "If you make a Sporcle quiz, they will complain about it." =P

	DirtyKash:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:30 GMT	36 points
	Nice. The quiz accepts "Homer something something" as a right answer. Thumbs up.

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	swellwrench:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:42 GMT	38 points
	I've never heard it WITHOUT the "too..."

	sosyndicate:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:58 GMT	-1 points
	Every time I see the "What's good for the goose..." one, I have to start singing "Oh Sheila." Please tell me I'm not the only one!

	weizenugb:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 18:59 GMT	12 points
	Same here, I've never heard the cake adage without the word "too" on the end. This is probably a UK/US difference, like davidr said.

	Joe_Ball:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 19:11 GMT	9 points
	I'd heard the 'too' for the cake-eating (I'm from the UK). Incidentally, I'd been taught 'laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you dilute your beer'. P.S. I knew it as 'try try try again'.

	leakbrewergator:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 19:31 GMT	6 points
	Kudos for accepting, "Makes Homer go crazy"!

	Nihuvo:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 19:31 GMT	1 point
	Early to bed and early to rise... makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes.

	nobullship:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 19:34 GMT	3 points
	it definitely has the 'too' on the end

	dbcint:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 19:41 GMT	5 points
	I'm relatively happy with my 21/30, but I feel a little cheated on the chicken one. I've always known it as "Don't count your chickens until they hatch" - thought that was close enough to be accepted. Also, allow me to stick in another vote for the "too" on the end of the cake one. And please tell me I'm not the only who tried "but I can't help falling in love with you" for fools rush in

	DRB:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 19:53 GMT	7 points
	I always knew it as "can't see the woods for the trees" rather than forest... but doesn't really make a difference to the answer.

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	wernsfan83:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 20:22 GMT	9 points
	It's not like there's an exact right phrasing for any of these. They're adages, not quotes. The whole point is that they're just something that everyone says, as opposed to coming from a specific source, so of course there are going to be variations. I guess "Early to bed and early to rise . . ." could be called an exception because Ben Franklin said it, but he probably heard it from someone else, and presumably he didn't copy their wording exactly. In other words, to everyone complaining about complaining: Calm down.

	batmann:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 20:28 GMT	1 point
	i always thought it was "john a dull boy" and "belong together", and "smile and you smile alone" or something like that

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	Tapestry:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 20:32 GMT	2 points
	I am just happy I finally got them all right!

	Tapestry:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 20:32 GMT	6 points
	Can't see the forest for the trees? mans you are looking so hard at one thing you dont' see anything else around you.

	Melissa:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	3 points
	27/30, and I have heard of the three I missed at least once. Pretty satisfied with this score. Thanks, Ben! This was a good one.

	Michaela Pawlewicz:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 21:23 GMT	5 points
	the early bird gets the worm??