a well-known phrase or sentence that gives advice or says something that is generally true, for example ‘ 谚语；格言 Extra ExamplesTopics Languageb2As the old proverb has it: ‘A stitch in time saves nine’. 就像古老的谚语所说的那样：“一针一针就省九分”。 As a Chinese proverb has it: ‘The fish will be the last to discover the water.’ 正如中国有句谚语所说：“当事者迷。” a dictionary of proverbs 谚语词典
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium, from pro- ‘(put) forth’ + verbum ‘word’.