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Meanings of proverb in English

Portuguese
adágio
Catalan
adagi
Spanish
adagio

A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.

adágio
Russian
народная мудрость
Portuguese
provérbio
Spanish
dicho
Catalan
refranys

Saying that gives advice, usually as a metaphor.

народная мудрость

A widely known, fixed sentence, that expresses a maxim or a wisdom in a short and concise way.

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Examples for "saying"
Examples for "saying"
1
Of course Nice regrets saying no to a particular new pharmaceutical product.
The Guardian
2
Mbete was on stage earlier saying we need 'ten to 15 minutes'.
The South African
3
I kept saying, 'Yes, sir; sorry, sir,' trying to calm him down.
The eyes of a king
4
The judge hearing the case can protect consumers' wallets by saying so.
Reuters
5
Thirty-two years later we are still saying almost ten years, he said.
Reuters
1
In the twentieth chapter of Proverbs v. 17, we find the maxim:
The Book of Delight and Other Papers
2
Better late than never may be a maxim suitable to the circumstances.
Jamaica Observer
3
His maxim, however, is one that all ministers for finance live by.
The Irish Times
4
But through it all, one maxim remains vital for every decision desk.
Reuters
5
This maxim was constantly borne in mind by himself and his colleagues.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
Usage of proverb in English
1
Then the idea of durableness is thus expressed in a Wiltshire proverb:-
The Folk-lore of Plants
2
The 'if' in verse 31 weakens the strong assertion of the proverb.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
3
And there is all the lifetime of a proverb in the couplet-
The Story of the Hymns and Tunes
4
The eloquence of the last named was a proverb in his day.
Something of Men I Have Known / With Some Papers of a General Na...
5
The proverb was the most ancient way of teaching among the Greeks.
The Woman's Bible
6
For I have never given in to that ancient and much-praised proverb:
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age
7
I do not believe the first part of the proverb, but it.
Study and Stimulants / Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics ...
8
The uncertainty of the law under these systems has become a proverb.
An Essay on the Trial By Jury
9
The proverb is that truth lies at the bottom of a well.
The Heather-Moon
10
Dear friend, as the old proverb has it, deceit lurks in generalities.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Corinthians, Galatians, a...
11
As the proverb well says: Beware the anger of a patient man.
Capitals / A Primer of Information about Capitalization with som...
12
But, as the proverb says, with the disease God sends the remedy.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes
13
Isn't there a Central Galaxy proverb about gratitude that I once heard?
Foundation and Empire
14
Again the truth of that humane old proverb came home to me:
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
15
William chose to accept the phrase as a proverb, not a compliment.
The irish devil
16
Man made the town, says the proverb, and God made the country.
Post-Prandial Philosophy
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Proverb through the time
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common