##  [A proverb a day keeps the doctor away!](/en/quiz/a-proverb-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away-eng)

A proverb is a short, catchy, well-known saying that expresses a general truth or offers a pearl of wisdom.

Test your knowledge of proverbs by filling in the blanks in the questions below.

1. Where there’s smoke, there’s ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).wood

a chimney

fire

heat

2. You ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) your bed, now lie in it.jumped on

broke

made

sold

3. Desperate times call for ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) measures.immediate

reasonable

rash

desperate

4. Better late than ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).early

never

unprepared

forgotten

5. Forewarned is ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).foreseen

forearmed

forestalled

foregone

6. The ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) is in the wine.truth

lie

vine

cork

7. One person’s trash is another person’s ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).garbage

problem

treasure

wealth

8. When the cat is away, the mice will ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).play

party

eat

cry

9. You can’t ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) a bell.unsee

unhear

unsound

unring

10. Out of sight, out of ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).mind

spite

time

money