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...

An anti-proverb or a perverb is the transformation of a standard proverb for humorous effect. Paremiologist Wolfgang Mieder defines them as "parodied,...

Look up proverb, byspel, proverbial, or Proverbs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A proverb is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated...

lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail. "For want of a nail" is a proverb, having numerous variations over several centuries, reminding that seemingly...

"Curiosity killed the cat" is a proverb used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation. It also implies that being curious...

generalizations and thus a particular proverb will have specific situations where it is not applicable. Knowing when a proverb is inapplicable is part of the...

your cake and eat it (too) is a popular English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech. The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain possession...

Blood is thicker than water is a proverb in English meaning that familial bonds will always be stronger than other relationships. The oldest record of...

There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip is an English proverb. It implies that even when a good outcome or conclusion seems certain, things can...

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is a common English-language proverb that appeared in the 19th century, advocating for the consumption of apples...

culture, wisdom, and philosophies from Filipino life. The word Sawikain proverb corresponds to the Tagalog words salawikain, kasabihan (saying) and sawikain...

A Japanese proverb (諺, ことわざ, kotowaza) may take the form of: a short saying (言い習わし, iinarawashi), an idiomatic phrase (慣用句, kan'yōku), or a four-character...

"It takes a village to raise a child" is a proverb that means that an entire community of people must provide for and interact positively with children...

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" is a proverb or aphorism. An alternative form is "Hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of...

Any port in a storm is a proverb that loosely means that when someone is in trouble they cannot wait for the perfect solution. The phrase has been used...

"Speech is silver, silence is golden" is a proverb extolling the value of silence over speech. Its modern form most likely originated in Arabic culture...

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is an old proverb that means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. It is often...

Birds of a feather flock together is an English proverb. The meaning is that beings (typically humans) of similar type, interest, personality, character...

homini lupus, or in its unabridged form Homo homini lupus est, is a Latin proverb meaning literally "Man to man is wolf". It is used to refer to situations...

Proverb Gabriel Jacobs Jr. (May 25, 1935 – April 18, 2016) was an American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL)...

31:10–31: the ideal wise woman (elsewhere called the "woman of substance"). "Proverb" is a translation of the Hebrew word mashal, but "mashal" has a wider range...

that the Moon is composed of cheese. In its original formulation as a proverb and metaphor for credulity with roots in fable, this refers to the perception...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "Only the good die young" is an English proverb, and it may also refer to: "Only the Good Die Young", a 1977 song by Billy...

doveryay, no proveryay, IPA: [dəvʲɪˈrʲæj no prəvʲɪˈrʲæj]) is a Russian proverb, which rhymes in Russian. The phrase became internationally known in English...

sīcut ibī), often shortened to when in Rome..., is a proverb attributed to Saint Ambrose. The proverb means that it is best to follow the traditions or customs...

from India belonging to the Teli (oil-presser) caste. He appears in the proverb Kahaan Raja Bhoj, Kahaan Gangu Teli ("Where is the king Bhoja, and where...

Proverb is a musical composition by Steve Reich for three sopranos, two tenors, two vibraphones, and two electric organs. It sets a text by Ludwig Wittgenstein...

All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the First Folio in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. There is a debate...

A Korean proverb (Korean: 속담, Sok-dam) is a concise idiom in the Korean language which describes a fact in a metaphorical way for instruction or satire...

John Francis Davis' 1823 Chinese Moral Maxims, Paul Hubert Perny's 1869 Proverbes Chinois, and Justus Doolittle's 1872 Vocabulary and Handbook of the Chinese...