Proverb
51proverb — [14] Latin prōverbium meant literally ‘set of words put forth’ – that is, ‘commonly uttered’. It was a compound formed from the prefix prō ‘forth’ and verbum ‘word’ (source of English verb, verbal, etc). English acquired it via Old French… …
52Proverb says truth. — См. Пословица не даром молвится …
Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
53For Want of a Nail (proverb) — For Want of a Nail is a proverbial rhyme showing that small actions can result in large consequences. quote box2|border=2px|align=center|title=For Want of a Nail|halign=left|quote= For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the… …
54Apologetic proverb — Apologetic proverbs (also known as Wellerisms after Sam Weller in The Pickwick Papers ), make fun of established proverbs by proving that they are wrong in certain situations often when taken literally. They often argue that it is pointless for… …
55Go proverb — Part of a series of articles on Go (board game) Game specifics Go rules Go handicaps Go proverbs Go terms Go strategy and tactics Fuseki (whole board openings) Joseki (corner based openings) Life and death …
56Anti-proverb — An anti proverb is the transformation of a stereotype word sequence – as e. g. a proverb, a quotation, or an idiom – in order to cause humorist effect.Stereotype sequences are essentially defined phrases well known to many people, as e. g. Don t… …
57axiom, adage, proverb — An axiom is a universally accepted rule or principle or a self evident truth: There can be only one straight line between two points. It is an axiom of economics that supply and demand are closely related. An adage is a statement given credit by… …
58Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Bibliography of Major Proverb Collections and Works Cited from Modern Editions — Quotations are taken from the first edition of the work in question unless otherwise stated. Standard modern editions of several major authors, particularly from the medieval and Renaissance periods, have been used for ease of reference. Major… …
59to a proverb — adverb : in a degree that is proverbial : proverbially ridiculous even to a proverb Tobias Smollett …
60pseudo-proverb — to racemic: see pseudo …