Associations to the word «Proverbs»
Noun
- Translation
- Borrowing
- Hymn
- Reich
- Repertory
- Speaking
- Goe
- Testament
- Ass
- Folly
- Repeat
- Nail
- Hen
- Debtor
- Repertoire
- Peasant
- Praise
- Gather
- Context
- Commentary
- Spoil
- Curse
- Arab
- African
- Feast
- Hay
- Luck
- Dialect
- Greek
- Prophecy
- Wolfgang
- Folk
- Extreme
- Thou
- Parody
- Language
- Listener
- Epithet
- Ghana
- Oratory
- Liar
- Italian
- Chicken
- Currency
- Beggar
- Che
- Conversation
- Belief
- Aristotle
- Repeating
- Recipe
- Sermon
- Nonsense
- Rhetoric
- Thief
- Wealth
- Bread
- Usage
- Tongue
- Ethiopia
- Genealogy
Adjective
Wiktionary
PROVERB, noun. A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
PROVERB, noun. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
PROVERB, noun. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
PROVERB, noun. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
PROVERB, verb. To write or utter proverbs.
PROVERB, verb. To name in, or as, a proverb.
PROVERB, verb. To provide with a proverb.
Dictionary definition
PROVERB, noun. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.