Time and life proverbs

New Headway Upper Intermediate 4th Edition

Choose the best proverbs from below, then discuss any you don’t think are important, true or useful.

  • A stitch in time saves nine.
  • If life deals you lemons, make lemonade.
  • Life begins at forty.
  • Life is what you make it.
  • Life’s not all beer and skittles.
  • The best things in life are free.
  • There is never enough time.
  • There’s a time and (a) place for everything.
  • There’s no time like the present.
  • Third time lucky.
  • Time and tide wait for no man.
  • Time flies when you are having fun.
  • Time is a great healer.
  • Time is money.
  • Variety is the spice of life.
  • Where there’s life, there’s hope.
  • Your school days are the (best) days of your life.

Ask about any proverbs above which you don’t understand, discussing the truth/ importance/ usefulness of those proverbs each time.  

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Without looking above, fill the gaps below with either “time” or “life”.

A stitch in __________________________________________________ saves nine.

If ______________________________________ deals you lemons, make lemonade.

_______________________________________________________ begins at forty.

___________________________________________________ is what you make it.

_______________________________________________’s not all beer and skittles.

The best things in _____________________________________________ are free.

There is never enough ________________________________________________.

There’s a ____________________________________ and (a) place for everything.

There’s no _____________________________________________ like the present.

Third __________________________________________________________ lucky.

_______________________________________________ and tide wait for no man.

___________________________________________ flies when you are having fun.

_____________________________________________________ is a great healer.

__________________________________________________________ is money.

Variety is the spice of _________________________________________________.

Where there’s _____________________________________________, there’s hope.

Your school days are the (best) days of your ________________________________.

Check above.

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