Senin, 30 Mei 2016
Definition of Proverb
A proverb is
most often a phrase or saying that gives advice in an obscure way. The phrase
usually has an allegorical type of message behind that when first heard may
seem a little odd. Usually a proverb is very well known because of its popular
use in colloquial language.
English Proverbs
Some
examples of English proverbs include:
- Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
- It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.
- Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
- See a pin and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you’ll have all day.
- ‘Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
- Monday’s child is fair of face/Tuesday’s child is full of grace,/Wednesday’s child is full of woe,/Thursday’s child has far to go,/Friday’s child is loving and giving,/Saturday’s child works hard for its living/And a child that’s born on the Sabbath day/Is fair and wise and good and gay
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REFERENCE.http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-proverbs.htmlhttp://literarydevices.net/proverb/
