Both Uses of
proverb
in
Nineteen Minutes
- —CHINESE PROVERB By the time you read this, I hope to be dead.†
Chpt 1 *proverb = a well-known, short saying that is thought to communicate wisdom
- —CHINESE PROVERB Sterling isn't the inner city.†
Chpt 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(proverb as in: the well-known proverb) a short saying -- typically well-known and accepted by many as offering good adviceThe adjective, proverbial, may refer to a proverb or to anything that is well-known -- as in "It is a proverbial fish story exaggeration."
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(2)
(Proverbs as in: from The Book of Proverbs) a work of wisdom literature found in both the Old Testament of the Christian Bible and the Hebrew Bible