Perfect Tense Examples (Proverbs and Quotations)
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Perfect Tense Examples (Proverbs and Quotations)



Proverbs

Note the use of the Present Perfect Tense in the following proverbs and sayings.

  1. It is too late to lock the stable after the horse has bolted.
  2. Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet.
  3. The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it.
  4. We know not what is good until we have lost it.
  5. When children stand quiet they have done something ill.
  6. Don’t sell the bear’s skin before you have caught the bear.
  7. Every oak has been an acorn.
  8. Drink as you have brewed.
  9. Wine has drowned more men than the sea. (Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune.)
  10. A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.
  11. A lot of water has run under the bridge.
  12. Life is what you make of it. Always has been, always will be.
  13. Success has brought many to destruction.



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