What is the difference betweem Idioms and Proverbs?

idiom系外国人d惯用语

粗略d分就即系成语咁 e.g. 1."to pull one's leg"is an idiom(同某人开玩笑)是惯用语。 2.The idiom ‘rain cats and dogs’ me raining very heavily. proverb就系谚语。是流传于民间的比较简练而且言简意赅的话语。多数反映了劳动人民的生活实践经验，而且一般都是经过口头传下来的。它多是口语形式的通俗易懂的短句或韵语。 用英文解释: "A proverb is a short

generally known sentence of the folk which contains wisdom

truth

morals

and traditional views in a metaphorical

fixed and memorizable form and which is handed down from generation to generation.” e.g. "Every cloud has a silver lining." "Out of debt

out of danger." "Better to go to bed hungry than to wake up in debt." 仲有好多时d名人讲既说话都系proverb既一种.. 要讲两者的比较就系谚语主要是口语形式的，而成语主要以书面语形式存在..成语言简意赅. 另外要注意加 "s" >>Proverbs <<系圣经入面既一节书..所以要留意番既... 呢个网有好多有关idiom既用法&解释

edict/vlc/idioms/ about proverb.. syvum/proverbs/ P.S.其实idiom & proverb 都分好多种的而用都系大同小异既

冇论日常对话同作文都用得

idioms除左formal letter唔用得[sure的]

proverb我就唔肯定la!稳阵d可以问下英文teacher =] hope can help =]]

参考: 自己+Wikipedia+yahoo dic.

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