Proverb of the day highlights the saying, "When the mantis hunts the locust, he forgets the shrike that's hunting him." The ...

Phrase of the day: The idiom 'bite the bullet' means facing difficult situations bravely. This expression likely originated ...

African proverb of the day highlights the saying, "Defiance is the biggest weapon of the weak." The proverb explains how ...

What really are proverbs, where do they come from, how are they disseminated and what function do they have in modern society? Those are questions that are often asked when people reflect on the ...

A PROVERB, says the Oxford Dictionary, is ‘a short pithy saying in common and recognized use; a concise sentence, often metaphorical or alliterative in form, which is held to express some truth ...

From old chestnuts like “no pain, no gain” to sports wisdom like “the best offence is a good defence”, there seems to be a proverb for everything. There’s good reason: proverbs touch on just about ...