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The Difference between Idioms and Proverbs
习语与谚语的区别
Question问
What is the difference between an idiom and a proverb?
习语与谚语有什么区别？
Answer
An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own. Below are some examples of idioms:
习语是一种不能从其包含的单独的单词的意思来理解的表达方式，但它有自己的独特的意思。下面是一些习语的例子:
- Look a gift horse in the mouth
- 吹毛求疵
- Eat someone alive
- 严厉责备某人；完胜某人
- The short end of the stick
- 不公平的待遇；不利的处境
- Hate someone's guts
- 恨某人入骨
Each of these phrases has a meaning that is different from what the words themselves mean.
每一个短语的意思都不同于单词本身的意思。
A proverb is a brief popular saying that gives advice about how people should live or that expresses a belief that is generally thought to be true.
谚语是一种简短的流行说法，对人们应该如何生活提出建议，或者表达一种普遍被认为是正确的信念。
- Two wrongs don’t make a right.
- 两个错误不能构成一个正确。
- The pen is mightier than the sword.
- 笔墨胜过刀剑。
- The early bird catches the worm.
- 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
- A picture is worth a thousand words.
- 一幅画抵得上千言万语。
Each of these sayings tells us something about what is thought to be good or right or true.
每一句谚语都告诉我们什么是被认为是好的、正确的或真实的。
