0 a short sentence, etc., usually known by many people, stating something commonly experienced or giving advice:
1 a short statement, usually known by many people for a long time, that gives advice or expresses some common truth:
Usage is illustrated by means of texts, advertisements, cartoons, proverbs, lyrics, and interviews.
In sum, these findings provide evidence of an association between proverb comprehension and mental imagery in older children and young adults.
Participants were asked to circle the letter of the choice that best expressed the proverb's meaning.
True blue owes its origin to a proverb true blue will never stain, which alluded to the difficulty of finding a true blue dye.
As the proverb goes: ' politicians come and go, the bureaucrats are the ones who stay'.
The book is unusually varied, comprising poems, dialogues, personal reminiscences, chapters interlarded with proverbs, quotes from the honoree's works, and conventional papers.
The next three chapters are concerned with various forms of figurative language including metaphors and similes, idioms, and proverbs.
Hence, it remains to be determined if people's mental images of proverbs truly are associated with their own comprehension.
