Idioms and Proverbs (Handout #4)

Can you match a saying from column "a" with a parallel saying from column "b"?

What do these idioms and proverbs mean?



Column "a"    Column "b"   
There is none wiser than the one with experience. (Israel)  Don't bargain for fish that are still in the water. (India) 
Done up like a dish of fish. (Australia)  He flew off the handle. (United States) 
Don't sell the skin before catching the gazelle (Iran)   Where there is no nightingale, even the crow is a song bird. (Israel) 
If there were no elephants in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal (Ghana). By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. (Cameroon)
He opened his mouth and shut his eyes tight. (Turkey)  He borrowed the deaf's ears. (China)  
He played the idiot. (France)  Dressed to kill. (United States)