2006-10-08 12:42:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
An idiom is an expression (i.e. term or phrase) whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definitions and the arrangement of its parts, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through conventional use.
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.
2006-10-08 18:19:16 · answer #1 · answered by TK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An idiom is a organic way of conversing interior a existence-style and term. A proverb is a few expertise amassed from the previous and exceeded on down the generations to furnish suggestion.
2016-11-27 01:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋