Every culture has its proverbs, sayings and clichés expressing the way of the world. You might want to make a collection as you go through the school year and stick them on the wall. As they often consist of two parts, you could devise a simple matching exercise such as this:
| Never judge a book | for tomorrow you die |
| Beware of Greeks | come in small packages |
| Eat, drink and be merry | lie |
| All work and no play | has a silver lining |
| Let sleeping dogs | in the mouth |
| The bigger you are | is worth two in the bush |
| Never look a gift horse | by its cover |
| A bird in the hand | makes Jack a dull boy |
| Silence is | but it pours |
| It never rains | bearing gifts |
| Every cloud | golden |
| Good things | the harder you fall |
| A fool and his money | wait for no man |
| Time and tide | are soon parted |
Students then discuss the meaning and find similar proverbs in their own language.
You can do similar activities with comparisons (the more, the merrier) and similes (as brave as a lion, as strong as an ox).
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