English Proverbs |
On this Blog you will find hundreds of English proverbs, arranged into categories according to their meaning or use. Each English proverb listing has the following elements:
Proverbial Meaning: What it actually means when an English, or English speaking, person says the proverb.
Literal Origins: The more literal meaning of the proverbs and, in some cases, the actual origin of the proverb.
Common Usage: Whether or not the proverb is still in common use and, if it is, an example of it’s use in a sentence.
Examples:
1. As you so, so shell you reep.
2. Out of frying pan fell into the fire.
3. Their is no need to cry over a spilt milk.
4. Two and Two make four.
5. It takes two, to make a quarrel. |
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