Get to know Proverbs better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like book.
Proverbs meaning
A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims.
Synonyms of Proverbs
Using Proverbs
- The main meaning on this page is: A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims.
- Useful related words include: book of proverbs, book.
- In the example corpus, proverbs often appears in combinations such as: of proverbs, proverbs in, proverbs and.
Context around Proverbs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Proverbs
- In this selection, "proverbs" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anti, american, using, indicate, though and tatira stand out and add context to how "proverbs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 199 american proverbs jente showed and 2004 volume proverbs a handbook. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "proverbs" sits close to words such as aiken, bitterly and blazer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with proverbs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
How Proverbs Mean: Semantic Studies in English Proverbs. (8 words)
Good Proverbs Make Good Students: Using Proverbs to Teach German Quickly. (11 words)
Colloquialisms, proverbs and insults Many cultures have colloquialisms and proverbs that include donkeys or asses. (15 words)
A number of the well known sayings of Jesus, Shakespeare, and others have become proverbs, though they were original at the time of their creation, and many of these sayings were not seen as proverbs when they were first coined. (40 words)
For example, in his analysis of the Book of Proverbs he argues that its sayings are "inferior in keenness to the proverbs of the Spaniards, and not more wise and economical than those of the American Franklin ". (37 words)
Related to this line of argument, from a collection of 199 American proverbs, Jente showed that only 10 were coined in the USA, so that most of these proverbs would not reflect uniquely American values. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Proverbs and religion Scroll of the Biblical Book of Proverbs Many proverbs from around the world address matters of ethics and expected of behavior.
A good introduction to the study of proverbs is Mieder's 2004 volume, Proverbs: A Handbook.
Among the Balochi of Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is a word batal for ordinary proverbs and bassīttuks for "proverbs with background stories". p. 43. Sabir Badalkhan. 2000.
Another study mining the same volume counted Anglo-American proverbs about religion to show that proverbs indicate attitudes toward religion are going downhill.
A number of the well known sayings of Jesus, Shakespeare, and others have become proverbs, though they were original at the time of their creation, and many of these sayings were not seen as proverbs when they were first coined.
But using proverbs to illustrate a cultural value is not the same as using a collection of proverbs to discern'' cultural values.
Colloquialisms, proverbs and insults Many cultures have colloquialisms and proverbs that include donkeys or asses.
For example, in his analysis of the Book of Proverbs he argues that its sayings are "inferior in keenness to the proverbs of the Spaniards, and not more wise and economical than those of the American Franklin ".
Good Proverbs Make Good Students: Using Proverbs to Teach German Quickly.
However, unlike the examples given above in English, all of which are anti-proverbs, Tatira's examples are standard proverbs.
How Proverbs Mean: Semantic Studies in English Proverbs.
Paczolay has compared proverbs across Europe and published a collection of similar proverbs in 55 languages (1997).
Proverb is as proverb does: A preliminary analysis of a survey on the use of Hungarian proverbs and anti-proverbs.
Proverbs have also been used in musical dramas, such as The Full Monty, which has been shown to use proverbs in clever ways.
Proverbs in advertising Anti-proverb used in advertising Chick-Fil-A Anti-proverb used in advertising Proverbs are frequently used in advertising, often in slightly modified form.
Proverbs in drama and film Similarly to other forms of literature, proverbs have also been used as important units of language in drama and films.
Related to this line of argument, from a collection of 199 American proverbs, Jente showed that only 10 were coined in the USA, so that most of these proverbs would not reflect uniquely American values.
Seeking empirical evidence to evaluate the question of whether proverbs reflect a culture’s values, some have counted the proverbs that support various values.
Some artists have used proverbs and anti-proverbs for titles of their paintings, alluding to a proverb rather than picturing it.
Some authors have bent and twisted proverbs, creating anti-proverbs, for a variety of literary effects.
Common combinations with proverbs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of proverbs 41×
- proverbs in 25×
- proverbs and 23×
- proverbs are 15×
- proverbs have 14×
- the proverbs 11×
- proverbs to 9×
- proverbs that 7×
- in proverbs 6×
- and proverbs 5×