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Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
"Belling the cat" is one of the proverbs illustrated in Pieter Bruegel I's painting Netherlandish Proverbs (1559). One of the earliest versions of the story appears as a parable critical of the clergy in Odo of Cheriton's Parabolae. [9] Written around 1200, it was afterwards translated into Welsh, French and Spanish.
Pages in category "Proverbs" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. ... The drunken mouse and the cat; The Durham Proverbs; E.
Malay – menunggu kucing bertanduk ("to wait until a horned cat walks by") Malayalam – കാക്ക മലർന്നു പറക്കും (kākka malarnnu paṟakkuṃ), "[the] crow will fly upside down" [22]
One of the earliest studies in this field is the Proverbs Test by Gorham, developed in 1956. A similar test is being prepared in German. [335] Proverbs have been used to evaluate dementia, [336] [337] [338] study the cognitive development of children, [339] measure the results of brain injuries, [340] and study how the mind processes figurative ...
Pages in category "English proverbs" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. ... Curiosity killed the cat; D. The devil is in the details;
The English-language idiom "raining cats and dogs" or "raining dogs and cats" is used to describe particularly heavy rain. It is of unknown etymology and is not necessarily related to the raining animals phenomenon. [1] The phrase (with "polecats" instead of "cats") has been used at least since the 17th century. [2] [3]
"No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat." (Source: From a speech in a meeting of the Secretariat, actually a Sichuan proverb) 实事求是。 Shí shì qiú shì Seek truth from facts (Actually coined by Mao Zedong, but never really effectively used until Deng's time. This is a slogan ...