proverb
noun /ˈprɒvɜːb/
/ˈprɑːvɜːrb/
- a well-known phrase or sentence that gives advice or says something that is generally true, for example ‘Waste not, want not.’
谚语；格言 Topics Languageb2- As the old proverb has it: ‘A stitch in time saves nine’.
正如那句古老的谚语所说:“一针见血”。 - As a Chinese proverb has it: ‘The fish will be the last to discover the water.’
正如中国有句谚语所说：“当事者迷。” - a dictionary of proverbs
谚语词典
词源Middle English: from Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium, from pro- ‘(put) forth’ + verbum ‘word’. - As the old proverb has it: ‘A stitch in time saves nine’.