proverb

Example Sentences

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Isaiah Berlin, drawing on an ancient Greek proverb, famously observed that Leo Tolstoy was a foxlike writer who knew many things but longed to be someone who, like the hedgehog, knew one big thing.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s an old proverb that says . . . it takes a village to raise a child. . . . Anytime we’re killing our babies in that village, our village is sick,” D.C.

From Washington Post

He was referring to congressional oversight and meddling, but he was also producing another Washington proverb.

From Washington Post

Sometimes worshippers of the traditional religions also torch their deities, in accordance with a belief captured in the Igbo proverb: "If a God becomes too troublesome, it becomes wood for the fireplace."

From BBC

“A Korean proverb says that ‘In a dream, what counts most is to read it, not to have it.’

From Seattle Times