Question

Choose the correct option to complete the proverb:
Pride goes ________.

a) before a height
b) before a fall
c) after a bride
d) together with bribe

Answer 1

Hint:A proverb is a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
For example- Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to fill in the blank with a phrase that completes the proverb.
A proverb is a traditional sort of saying that usually contains a meaning that is regarded as true by a majority of people.
The proverb goes like- ‘Pride goes before a fall’. This proverb has the following meaning:
A person who is extremely proud of his or her abilities will often suffer a setback or failure because he or she tends to be overconfident and to make errors of judgment.
This proverb is adapted from a verse in the Book of Proverbs in the Holy Bible (1611, King James Version of the Bible, Book of Proverbs, 16:18):
"Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."
Thus, the correct option for this question will be an option (b.) ‘before a fall’.
‘Pride goes before a fall’.

Note:
In this question, the given proverb is used in two ways:
1) Pride comes before a fall
2) Pride goes before a fall
The student should not be confused and wonder whether both of these have different meanings. They do not. Even though ‘comes’ and ‘goes’ are opposite words, both the phrases represent one proverb and one meaning.