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When something takes longer than we hoped or expected, we sometimes reassure ourselves by saying “_____ was not built in a day”.

When we want somebody to do something repeatedly in order to improve, we say “Practice makes _____”.

When somebody is more loyal to their relatives than friends or other people we say “Blood is thicker than ____.”

When we think about how to respond when someone does a bad thing, we often say “Two ____ do not make a right”.

When we say “When in _____, do as the _____ do”, we mean that you should follow local customs and traditions.

When we say “The grass is greener on the other side of the _____”, we mean that people always think that what they don’t have is better than what they have.

When somebody’s plans are too ambitious, we sometimes warn them “Do not ____ before you can walk”.

When we think someone should tell the truth, we advise them that “Honesty is the best ______”.

When we say “do not put all your eggs in one ____”, we mean that you shouldn’t rely too much on one thing.

We say “good things come to those who ____” when something good happens after somebody showed patience.

We say “there is no time like the _____” when we think that now is the best time to do something.

We say “better ____ than never” when somebody finally does something that they should have done earlier.