Most of us know and use proverbs. Some of us drop them into conversation every day, and others only once in a while. They ...

If you say, "The cat's out of the bag" instead of "the secret is given away," you're using an idiom. The meaning of an idiom is different from the actual of the words used. "An apple a day keeps the ...

Do you know what 'an elephant in the room' means? What about 'when pigs fly'? Or 'what's good for the goose is good for the gander'? Learn more as we explain these idioms and sayings in this lesson.

Love can be forgiving in Japanese sayings, although that does not mean it will always last forever. あばたもえくぼ — Abata mo ekubo. According to the old saying “even pockmarks are dimples,” as someone who ...

Kehot Publication Society released A Treasury of Chasidic Wisdom, an anthology of Chabad sayings and stories compiled by ...

The Irish have a way with words, as we all know. The following is a sample of sayings and proverbs that have lasted for generations – though some of them may be a tad antiquated by today's standards.

The year is 2098. The 103-year-old woman hobbles to the front of the queue aided by her walker. “Sanibonani. Nisaphila kodwa?” (Hello and how are you?). The teenagers behind the counter exchange ...

It is a book titled Owe; Yoruba by Proverbs, written by Professor Anthony Kila. It is a book filled with wisdom and those profound sayings of a people characterized by proverbs and idioms. When it was ...