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Well, this is the English Proverb
A Leopard can’t
change it’s spot
A bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush
Never judge a book by it’s cover
A Proverb is a
simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a
truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. They are
often metaphorical (Symbolic and showing some truth about a situation or other
object ).
Proverb in
English are found with a wide variety of grammatical structures. For example,
we find the following structures ;
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Imperative, negative – (don’t, never )
e.g. – Don’t count your chcken before they hatched.
- Never
be a borrower nor a lender
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Imperative, positive – (look, give, put ...etc )
e.g. – Look before you leap.
- Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard.
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Parallel phrases – (repeat the same word or
words that rhyme )
e.g. – Garbage in, garbage out
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Forwarned, Forarmed
- No
gain, No pain
- Easy
come, easy go
- Out of
side, out of mind
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Rhetorical Questions – (a question that needs no
answer )
e.g. – Can an apple treebear watermelon ?
- Does the sun rise in the west ?
- Can the tiger kill its cubs ?
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Declarative sentence – (a statement )
e.g. – Birds of a feather flock together .
- A fair
face needs no paint.
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Silence is golden.
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