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Definition of proverb in English: proverbnoun ˈprɒvəːbˈprɑvərb A short, well-known pithy saying, stating a general truth or piece of advice. Example sentencesExamples - It's tough to choose a single epitaph for a man who invoked so many epigrams and proverbs.
- Riddles and proverbs can influence each other and sometimes a piece of advice in proverb form can be turned into a riddle, or vice versa.
- Sheikh Mo, who fancies himself a prophet of modernisation, likes to impress visitors with clever proverbs and heavy aphorisms.
- He gives his advice with old Iraqi proverbs and quotes from the Koran.
- Norwegians tend to integrate sayings and proverbs into daily conversations.
- The sayings are in the form of proverbs, parables, aphorisms, and exhortations.
- Beware of proverbs: they are a snare and a delusion.
- They still exchange mnemonic sayings, adages and proverbs.
- He is well known for weaving proverbs and traditional storytelling into the western form of the novel.
- Songs, stories, proverbs, and sayings have been passed down over thousands of years.
- Riddles, proverbs, and sayings that describe proper behavior for both young and old Kenyans are still common.
- The shrewdness and sharpness of his proverbs and his forceful epigrams serve, in an exceptional degree, to make ethical ideas a popular possession.
- The epic by Waris is interspersed with proverbs, sayings, folktales, history and poetry par excellence.
- There is literal truth in the proverb that habit is second nature.
- To quote a Kannada proverb it is like water off a buffalo's back.
- His sayings and proverbs, which embodied his philosophy of life, were handed down from generation to generation.
- Adinkra symbols usually represent popular proverbs, adages or traditional concepts in Ghanaian culture.
- I hate wise proverbs, as a rule, but the one about ‘all work and no play’ certainly springs to mind.
- When I was younger I had had a Polish violin teacher, and she had told me a Yiddish proverb that proved to be the truth.
- It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness, as a rough translation of a Chinese proverb goes.
Synonyms saying, adage, saw, maxim, axiom, motto, aphorism, epigram, gnome, dictum, precept words of wisdom catchphrase, slogan, byword, watchword truism, platitude, cliché French bon mot rare apophthegm
Origin Middle English: from Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium, from pro- '(put) forth' + verbum 'word'. word from Old English: Word is ultimately related to Latin verbum, the source of verb (Late Middle English), proverb (Middle English) the ‘pro’ here having the sense ‘put forth’, and verbal (Late Middle English). ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’ are the first words of the Gospel of John, which continues: ‘And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…full of grace and truth.’ To eat your words is first found in a 1571 translation of a work by the French Protestant theologian John Calvin: ‘God eateth not his word when he hath once spoken.’ A word in your ear is of similar vintage, coming from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing: ‘Come you hither sirra, a word in your ear, sir’. People sometimes say a word to the wise or a word to the wise is enough to imply that only a hint or brief explanation is required. The wording of the first English use, at the start of the 16th century, was ‘Few words may serve the wise’, although the concept was expressed much earlier than that in the Latin saying verbum sapienti sat est, sometimes shortened to verb sap.
Definition of proverb in US English: proverbnounˈprävərbˈprɑvərb A short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice. Example sentencesExamples - Beware of proverbs: they are a snare and a delusion.
- When I was younger I had had a Polish violin teacher, and she had told me a Yiddish proverb that proved to be the truth.
- Norwegians tend to integrate sayings and proverbs into daily conversations.
- I hate wise proverbs, as a rule, but the one about ‘all work and no play’ certainly springs to mind.
- The shrewdness and sharpness of his proverbs and his forceful epigrams serve, in an exceptional degree, to make ethical ideas a popular possession.
- Sheikh Mo, who fancies himself a prophet of modernisation, likes to impress visitors with clever proverbs and heavy aphorisms.
- Riddles, proverbs, and sayings that describe proper behavior for both young and old Kenyans are still common.
- Riddles and proverbs can influence each other and sometimes a piece of advice in proverb form can be turned into a riddle, or vice versa.
- It's tough to choose a single epitaph for a man who invoked so many epigrams and proverbs.
- To quote a Kannada proverb it is like water off a buffalo's back.
- Adinkra symbols usually represent popular proverbs, adages or traditional concepts in Ghanaian culture.
- His sayings and proverbs, which embodied his philosophy of life, were handed down from generation to generation.
- He is well known for weaving proverbs and traditional storytelling into the western form of the novel.
- He gives his advice with old Iraqi proverbs and quotes from the Koran.
- Songs, stories, proverbs, and sayings have been passed down over thousands of years.
- The sayings are in the form of proverbs, parables, aphorisms, and exhortations.
- The epic by Waris is interspersed with proverbs, sayings, folktales, history and poetry par excellence.
- They still exchange mnemonic sayings, adages and proverbs.
- There is literal truth in the proverb that habit is second nature.
- It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness, as a rough translation of a Chinese proverb goes.
Synonyms saying, adage, saw, maxim, axiom, motto, aphorism, epigram, gnome, dictum, precept
Origin Middle English: from Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium, from pro- ‘(put) forth’ + verbum ‘word’. |