proverb
Speech parts
1. proverb - Noun
2. proverb - Verb
Meaning
An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
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The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others.
The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.
There is a southern proverb fine words butter no parsnips.
Somalis don't say a false proverb.
A proverb can't be judged.
A proverb is to speech what salt is to food.