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A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. [1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:
Books of proverb collections, examples of paremiography. Paremiography (from Greek παροιμία - paroimía, "proverb, maxim, saw" [1] and γράφω - grafō, "write, inscribe" [2]) is the study of the collection and writing of proverbs. A recent introduction to the field has been written by Tamás Kispál. [3]
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
Some sayings from sacred books also become proverbs, even if they were not obviously proverbs in the original passage of the sacred book. [324] For example, many quote "Be sure your sin will find you out" as a proverb from the Bible, but there is no evidence it was proverbial in its original usage (Numbers 32:23).
Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #577 on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Wednesday, January 8, 2025The New York Times.
Birds "of a feather" (in this case red-winged blackbirds) exhibiting flocking behavior, source of the idiom. Birds of a feather flock together is an English proverb. The meaning is that beings (typically humans) of similar type, interest, personality, character, or other distinctive attribute tend to mutually associate.
Sample books from the Proverbium Supplement Series, not in consecutive order. Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship is an academic journal covering paremiology, the study of proverbs. Each volume includes articles on proverbs and proverbial expressions, book reviews, a bibliography of recent proverb scholarship, and a list ...