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Proverb

A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and are an example of formulaic language. A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is a type of a conventional saying similar to proverbs and transmitted by oral…

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related to Further reading · 188
Proverb → African Proverbs, Akan Discourse, Alan Dundes, Alicia Perez, All Ages, American Folklore, An Annotated Bibliography, An Encyclopaedia, Anna Tothne Litovkina, Anthropological Linguistics, Anti-Semitism, Archer, Australia, Authority, Bailey, Bedouin Proverbs, Berlin, Bern, Bibliography, Bochum
related to Metaproverbs · 52
Proverb → Afar, Alaaba, Arabic, Arsi Oromo, As, Bereft, Burundi, Cairo, China, Death, Ethiopia, For, Gabon, Galician, Ghana, Gospels, Gujerati, Guji Oromo, He, Honey
related to Cultural values · 37
Proverb → Afghan, Afghan Dari, Also, American, An, Arabic, Culture, Europeans, Fatalistic, Finnish, Gikuyu, Giving, Grauberg, Haiti, How Russian Proverbs Present, However, Jente, Kasena, Kohistani, Maltese
related to Sources for proverb study · 37
Proverb → Africa, Alan Dundes, Archer Taylor's The Proverb, CD, Christian, Europe, For, Handbook, Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, In, Interdisciplinary Colloquium, International Bibliography, Introduction, ISSN, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Melita Aleksa Varga, Mieder, Mieder's
related to In visual form · 31
Proverb → Ah To, Another, Biblical, Big Fish Eat Little, Blind, Breitenbach, Bruegel's, Cantonese, Chinese, Chris Gollon, Corey Barksdale, East African, Elder, First, Fish, From, Jakob Jordaens, Mieder, Netherlandish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel
related to Paremiological minimum · 31
Proverb → America, American, Birds, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, English, Esperanto, Fair, For, Grigorii Permjakov, Gujarati, Haas, Hirsch, However, Hungarian, Kett, Nepali, No, Permjakov
related to In music · 28
Proverb → Akan, An, Arthur Gillespie's Absence, Blues, Bob Dylan's Like, Bruce Springsteen, Cher's Apples, Country, Elvis Presley's Easy, Harold Robe's Never, If, Igbo, Igede, In, In English, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Joe South, Lynn Anderson, Maldobrìe, Michael Torke's Proverbs
related to Conservative language · 27
Proverb → Amharic, Because, Budu, C'est, Carpe, Congo, English, For, French, Georgian, Giriama, Hausa, Hebrew, In, In English, Karachay-Balkar, Kazakh, Latin, Nsenga, Polish
related to Counter proverbs · 27
Proverb → Also, And, But, Congo, Do, For, From Lugbara, Ghana, He, If, In Nepali, It, Kasena, Look, Many, One, Proverbs, Religion, Stanisław Lec, Tafi
see also · 27
Proverb → Academic, Anti-proverb, Any, BibleBrewer's Dictionary, Book, Collection, Concise, English, Established, Fable, Figure, Group, Kana, LatinLegal, Legal, Makassarese, Phrase, Poetic, Populaire, Proverbs

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proverbs used also many one language example mieder often use languages proverbial values english study published wolfgang another two book

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Proverbis afixed expression0.90text
Proverbis awit of one0.90text
Proverbis ashort0.90text
Proverbis ashort sentence0.90text
Proverbis aquintessentially active bit of language0.90text
the doginstance ofThe Islamic proverbial reproduction may also be shown in the image of some animals0.80text
lonelinessinstance ofin addition to links to negative human superstitions0.80text
indifferenceinstance ofin addition to links to negative human superstitions0.80text
bad luck.PsychologyThough much proverb scholarship is done by literary scholarsinstance ofin addition to links to negative human superstitions0.80text
those studying the human mind have used proverbs in a variety of studiesinstance ofin addition to links to negative human superstitions0.80text
bad luckinstance ofin addition to links to negative human superstitions0.80text
Proverbhas applicationThere0.60section

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