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When encountering situations likely to occur.

Lots of people make a job easier.

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF "DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH."

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF "IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN."

Never assume you're going to be lucky.

To acknowledge blunder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder./Out of sight, out of mind.

WHAT ARE TWO REASONS WHY PEOPLE USE PROVERBS?

To lend a measure of authority to our opinions.

WHAT ARE THREE SITUATIONS IN WHICH TRAVELERS MIGHT USE PROVERBS?

WHAT'S THE REASON WHY THE AUTHOR'S ATTEMPT AT USING A PROVERB DIDN'T WORK?

If your fluency in a language is limited.

To make points more convincingly and more memorably.

The child of a child is a frog./The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF "MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK."

Many hands make light work./Too many cooks spoil the broth.

He who hesitates is lost./Look before you leap.

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF "ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER."

It seems that the Japanese word for "frog" sounds much like the Japanese verb "to return."

WHAT ARE THREE PAIRS OF PROVERBS WITH OPPOSITE MEANINGS?

When you miss someone, you love him or her more.

Never give up.

WHAT'S A PROVERB IN ENGLISH AND IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE WITH THE SAME MEANING?