the meaning of the proverbs?

Question

please tell me
1.the meaning of the proverbs
2.what kind of semantic or pragmantic concepts are involved here to interpret the proverbs


PROVERBS

1.Every bird loves to hear himself sing
2.Fruit ripens not well in the shade
3.Every tide hath its ebb

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Im sorry but these saying are very definitely NOT proverbs.

Take number 1. A bird will call to its mother for food and nourishment, call out for a mate or warn the others if predators are around. Conceited birds do not exist.

Number 2- Some fruits do ripen in the shade, Not all sides of the fruit tree get the sun.

Number 3- Uh huh- this is correct, otherwise it is just a cess pool of water. Tide means it rises and falls according to the gravitational pull of the moon.

I think that whoever concocted those sayings is just pretending to say them out as proverbs. They are instead cruel barbs and insults masquerading as benign sayings.

Real meaning
1. You are annoying, you are constantly praising yourself
2. You are always being in the shadow of another person and basking in their glory. Why dont you try being out there on your own merit?
3. You may be rich now, or popular now, but it ill soon end.

Answer 3

I hope you aren't asking this question for a school project because claiming a person's answers as your own is plagerism, unless cited, and I doubt any respectable professor or teacher would accept Yahoo! Answers as a reliable source even if you did cite it.

With that said...

Metaphors are the core semantic concept involved in most proverbs, such as these listed. However, some use not metaphor, but similie (sp?). Rarely do they mean what they literally say. Knowing that a bird loves to hear himself sing is great, but it means nothing without metaphor interpretation.


Figure out the rest yourself. Proverbs, while generally having one intended meaning, can mean different things to different people.

Answer 4

1. Ever listen to a 'wise' man? They have knowledge they want to share. Listen and learn. Then someday, you too will sing.
2. Get out. Explore. You can't grow if you hide yourself from what's out there.
3. There's good times...and bad times. They come and go. Such is the tide. Comes and goes. You take them both, for you will get them both. But make the best of both of them. High tide in one place, means low tide on the other side of the earth.

Answer 5

1. A person praises himself constantly. This is to a reference to a character of that person.
2. Get out and face the world. It is aimed at those who stay in the warmth and comfort of their parent's home even past their 20's.
(well, another joke I heard: Pamela Anderson's feet are small because the shadow from her boobs fall on them all the time).
3. Life is not always dull. Brighter days are ahead.

Answer 6

Proverb is a decorative verb.

Regards,
hari