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A proverb is a simple, insightful, traditional saying expressing a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and use formulaic language. Native English speakers often use proverbs in their conversations.
Some of the positive proverbs are:
- Save for a rainy day.
- Make hay while the sun shines.
- Look before you leap.
- Live and let live.
- Practice makes perfect.
- Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- Always put your best foot forward.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- Honesty is the best policy.
Some of the negative proverbs are:
- Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
- Don’t cry over spilt milk.
- Don’t put the cart before the horse.
- Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
- Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
- Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
- Two wrongs don’t make a right.
- Don’t make a mountain out of an anthill.
- Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it.
- Too many cooks spoil the broth.
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