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Money Talks
Say What? (Proverbs)
States
Water
100

One man’s trash

is another man's treasure

100

Avoid peeking at a free equine in the oral cavity.




Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.



100
  • The largest U.S. state by area—more than twice the size of Texas
  • Contains Denali (formerly Mt. McKinley), the highest peak in North America at 20,310 feet

Alaska

100

Like water

off a duck's back

200

A day late

and a dollar short

200

An observed cooking vessel doesn’t ever heat to bubbling.



A watched pot never boils.



200


  • The only U.S. state where diamonds are actively mined; Crater of Diamonds State Park lets visitors keep what they find
  • Birthplace of Walmart, founded by Sam Walton in Bentonville in 1962

Arkansas

200

Take a rain

check

300

Pay the

piper

300

A buffoon and his legal tender are quickly disassociated.



A fool and his money are soon parted.



300
  • Contains the highest paved road in North America (Mount Evans Scenic Byway) and over 50 peaks above 14,000 feet
  • Denver is called the "Mile High City" because its elevation is exactly one mile (5,280 feet) above sea level

Colorado

300

Weather

the storm

400

Penny wise

and pound foolish

400

Ancient warriors fail to perish but dematerialize instead.


Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.



400


  • Home to Yale University (founded 1701), one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in America
  • The first American dictionary was written here by Noah Webster, and the first telephone book was published in New Haven in 1878

Connecticut

400

Plenty of fish

 in the sea

500

It’s not worth

a red cent/a plug nickel

500

Anytime existence donates acidic citrus fruits to you, prepare a sweetened acidic citrus fruit juice drink.


When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.



500


  • Home to Kennedy Space Center, the launch site for every U.S. crewed space mission since 1968
  • Contains the Everglades, the only place on Earth where alligators and crocodiles coexist in the wild

Florida

500

Plain

 sailing