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[inthewild]

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

That's a very poor example, anyone think of better ones that I could actually use for fun in class? For kids.

[alicat_blue]

I don't know how useful it actually is as far as teaching English but one thing I always say when I make a mistake is "Mama mia, Papa pia". The kids go ape for it for some reason and they parrot it all over the school.

[agraham]

I think "get going" makes more sense than "gets going". "The tough" referers to a whole class of people rather than just one.

Here's a bunch from "The Standby Book"

Some ryming proverbs:
Haste makes waste.
You snooze you lose.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Finders keepers losers weepers.
Early to bed.. blah blah
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
No pain, no gain.

Alliterative:
Live and learn.
Where there's a will there's a way.
All that glitters isn't gold.
All roads lead to Rome.
Look before you leap.
A bird in the hand...
Penny wise, pound foolish.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
The more the merrier.
Waste not want not.


There's about a hundred more, but I'm not writing them all down. A little internet searching will turn up tons.

[tomato]

Alticat Blue, just one correction: that should be "papa mio."
"Mia" is feminine and "mio" is masculine.

[Kimchieluver]

Don't throw lawn mowers if you live in grass houses.

[redbird]

righty tighty, lefty loosey

[globalnomad]

And from the NBA....and our proud African American neighborhoods..

If you're gonna Talk the Talk, you gotta Walk the Walk.....



the Anglo version being:

Put your money where your mouth is....



the White Trash version being:

Put up or shut up......


The Vulgar version being:

Sh*t or get off the pot....



The Nike version being:

Just do it.....

[Buff]

[rokgryphon]

Quite good for adding to a conversation is saying they want to put in "Their two cents worth." or "twenty wons worth".

[DirtySanchez]

Next time a student says "crazy", correct them by teaching "he's a couple cans short of a sixpack", or "he ain't the sharpest tool in the shed", or "he's dumber than a bag of hammers"

[jazblanc77]

[Col.Brandon]

Winners never quit, and quitters never win.