proverb in the PONS Dictionary

proverb Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a proverb for sth

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Though this is extreme, proverbs can often have multiple interpretations.
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Proverbs are often borrowed across lines of language, religion, and even time.
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The proverb, my opponent's vital point is my vital point, often applies in regard to shape.
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Go proverbs, go problems and compilations of go games are the three major traditional teaching resources for the game of go.
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Proverbs are often borrowed from similar languages and cultures, and sometimes come down to the present through more than one language.
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Once they got the proverb right, they would receive their next clue.
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Our chief instruction, beside that of school and church, came from the proverbs in the home.
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In the work, the proverbs are alphabetised and grouped by hundreds.
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The literary texts include hymns and rituals, epics, proverbs.
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The definition of proverb has also changed over the years.
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