Finish the Saying
A stitch in time saves this number.
What is nine?
This icy-sounding phrase means to make people comfortable at the start.
What is break the ice?
Finding one of these with four leaves is a classic sign of good luck.
What is a four-leaf clover?
Breaking this reflective object is said to bring seven years of bad luck.
What is a mirror?
April showers bring these May blooms.
What are flowers?
In Spain, people eat twelve of these at midnight on New Year’s Eve for good luck.
What are grapes?
Don’t count your chickens before they do this.
What is hatch?
This hammer-and-nail phrase means to be exactly right.
What is hit the nail on the head?
This U-shaped object, often hung above a doorway, is a traditional lucky charm.
What is a horseshoe?
Opening this rainy-day item indoors is traditionally considered bad luck.
What is an umbrella?
Red sky at night, sailor’s this.
What is delight?
Scotland’s New Year’s Eve celebration is known by this name.
What is Hogmanay?
When it rains, it does this.
What is pours?
This phrase about ammunition means to face something difficult bravely.
What is bite the bullet?
This small animal part has long been carried as a good-luck charm.
What is a rabbit’s foot?
Superstition warns against walking beneath this climbing tool.
What is a ladder?
If a groundhog sees its shadow, folklore predicts this many more weeks of winter.
What is six?
Kissing this famous Irish stone is said to give you the gift of eloquence.
What is the Blarney Stone?
A watched pot never does this.
What is boils?
Working late into the night is called doing this.
What is burning the midnight oil?
Two people pull this poultry bone apart, and the one with the larger piece gets a wish.
What is a wishbone?
In a familiar superstition, this dark-colored animal crossing your path signals bad luck.
What is a black cat?
March comes in like a lion and goes out like this gentle farm animal.
What is a lamb?
In Japan, this number may be avoided because one pronunciation sounds like the word for death.
What is four?
Too many cooks spoil this.
What is the broth?
This cat-and-bag phrase means to accidentally reveal a secret.
What is letting the cat out of the bag?
Folklore says to make a wish when you see one of these streak across the night sky.
What is a shooting star?
After spilling this seasoning, some people toss a pinch over the left shoulder.
What is salt?
Rain before seven, fine before this hour.
What is eleven?
In Chinese culture, this number is strongly associated with luck and prosperity.
What is eight?
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw these.
What are stones?
This boat-related phrase means to miss an opportunity.
What is miss the boat?
A birthday wish is traditionally made before blowing these out.
What are candles?
This date combines an unlucky weekday with an unlucky number.
What is Friday the 13th?
A ring or halo around this nighttime object is said to mean rain may come soon.
What is the moon?
In Italy, this number is traditionally considered unlucky rather than thirteen.
What is seventeen?
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it do this.
What is drink?
This boxing phrase means to give up or admit defeat.
What is throw in the towel?
A coin found with this side facing up is said to bring good luck.
What is heads?
Children may chant that stepping on one of these will break their mother’s back.
What is a crack?
Folklore says the width of its colored bands can predict winter; it is a woolly one of these.
What is a bear caterpillar?
In Mediterranean traditions, a blue eye-shaped charm is worn to guard against this harmful stare.
What is the evil eye?
Don’t put all your eggs in one of these.
What is a basket?
This tree-related phrase means you are pursuing the wrong idea or person.
What is barking up the wrong tree?
This spotted red beetle landing on you is considered a sign of good luck.
What is a ladybug?
An old superstition warns against placing this piece of headwear on a bed.
What is a hat?
These woody seed holders close their scales in damp air, a natural sign once used to anticipate rain.
What are pinecones?
In Germany, a small pig, sometimes made of marzipan, is a traditional symbol of this.
What is good luck?