A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Better late than never
I can't for the life of me remember what these are called. Something like acronyms, but that's not it. Help.
2006-08-01 14:44:51 · 13 answers · asked by Mommymonster 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
cliche
2006-08-01 15:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Proverbs
2006-08-02 00:26:21 · answer #2 · answered by The tankthing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aphorism
2006-08-01 15:16:23 · answer #3 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend and I are stumped, too! We came up with:
epigrams (short witty poems or sayings)
bon mots (clever remarks)
sayings (commonly repeated statements)
quotable quotes (sorry)
adages (old familiar sayings)
bywords (proverbs)
proverbs (short meaningful popular sayings)
saws
words
We are both writers, so you can imagine how embarrassed we both are that we couldn't do any better by you!
2006-08-01 15:03:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Proverb.
2006-08-01 14:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by Lindy357 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
embargo
spelled backwards is
ograbme
o grab me
2006-08-01 14:54:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called an adage.
(an old saying that is considered true.)
2006-08-01 14:51:49 · answer #7 · answered by moonbeamlight1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quotations, axoms, provergs, sayings, aphorisms
2006-08-01 14:49:15 · answer #8 · answered by diveskietc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idiom, axiom, adage, saying
2006-08-02 01:19:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
definitly idioms
2006-08-01 14:49:24 · answer #10 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called "aphorisms."
2006-08-01 15:14:50 · answer #11 · answered by Teacherwoman9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋