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Proverb Abbreviations
Some pub quizzes have a bonus round which involves guessing the proverb from it's initial letters. Here are a few of the more common sayings
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| Abbreviation | Proverb |
|---|---|
| A A A D K T D A | An apple a day keeps the doctor away |
| A B I T H I W T I T B | A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush |
| A F A H M A S P | A fool and his money are soon parted |
| A F I L A W | All's fair in love and war |
| A F I N I A F I | A friend in need is a friend indeed |
| A G M I H T F | A good man is hard to find |
| A M T H G F | Absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| A P S I A P H | A problem shared is a problem halved |
| A R L T R | All roads lead to Rome |
| A S I T S N | A stitch in time saves nine |
| A W W I N D | A woman's work is never done |
| B C B C | Beggars can't be choosers |
| B I I T E O T B | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
| B L T N | Better late than never |
| B S T S | Better safe than sorry |
| E C H A S L | Every cloud has a silver lining |
| F N D | Fools never differ |
| G M T A | Great minds think alike |
| H H N F A A W S | Hell has no fury as a woman scorned |
| H I W T H I | Home is where the heart is |
| H T A G T | Here today and gone tomorrow |
| I N R B I P | In never rains but it pours |
| L A L L | Live and let live |
| L B A F | Life begins at forty |
| L B Y L | Look before you leap |
| L S S M | Least said soonest mended |
| L T P L M | Little things please little minds |
| M H W T S S | Make hay while the sun shines |
| M L N W | Make love not war |
| O O S O O M | Out of sight, out of mind |
| P M P | Practice makes perfect |
| R D A S S | Rats desert a sinking ship |
| R W B I A D | Rome wasn't built in a day |
| T C T A C | Two's company three's a crowd |
| T E I H T F D | To err is human to forgive divine |
| T L N R S | True love never runs smooth |
| T M C S T B | Too many cooks spoil the broth |
| T N F L A O F | There's no fool like an old fool |
| T N P L H | There's no place like home |
| T W D M A R | Two wrongs don't make a right |
| W N W N | Waste not, want not |
| W T A W T A W | Where there's a will, there's a way |
| Y C G B O O A S | You can't get blood out of a stone |