The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs - Jennifer Speake
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs - Jennifer Speake A proverb is a common saying which offers advice or presents a moral in a short or pithy manner. Modern proverbs have many different origins (for…
Specifikacia The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs - Jennifer Speake
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs - Jennifer Speake
A proverb is a common saying which offers advice or presents a moral in a short or pithy manner. Modern proverbs have many different origins (for example 'garbage in, garbage out' comes from computing, while 'there's no such thing as free lunch' comes from economics), but people still look for a vivid and concrete image to make their point. In the past, proverbs had the status of universal truths and were used to prove an argument: the fact that new proverbs are still coming into being shows how these neat expressions are still valued and used.
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