B. Find out the meanings of these proverbs and make sentences with them.
1. Cut your coat according to your cloth.
2. Make hay while the sun shines.
3. Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
4. Man does not live by bread alone.
5. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
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Answer:
1.Cut your coat according to your cloth means 'to do only what you have enough money to do and no more'. In other words, 'Let your expenditure be determined by your resources'
2.make the most of a favourable situation while it lasts.
3.The proverb look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves means if you concentrate on saving small amounts of money, you'll soon amass a large amount.
4.The proverb man does not live by bread alone means that human beings need more than the simple necessities to keep them biologically alive, they need things that feed them mentally, spiritually, aesthetically, and they need things that give their lives meaning.
5.if too many people are involved in a task or activity, it will not be done well.