What does this proverb mean?

Proverbs are concise phrases widely circulated among the people, which mostly reflect the practical experience of working people and are generally passed down from mouth to mouth. Most of them are easy-to-understand spoken short sentences or rhymes.

Proverbs, like idioms, are part of the whole language and can increase the uniqueness and vividness of the language. But proverbs and famous sayings are different. Proverbs are the practical experience of working people, and famous sayings are said by celebrities.

Proverbs are artistic sentences created by folk collectives, passed down from mouth to mouth, concise and relatively stereotyped, and they are a regular summary of people's rich wisdom and universal experience. According to the content, it can be divided into three categories:

(1) meteorological proverb. Meteorological proverbs are proverbs that understand nature and sum up production experience, such as "long worm corridor, heavy rain is coming" and "three treasures in Northeast China: ginseng, mink and wulasao".

(2) Agricultural proverbs. Agricultural proverbs are farmers' farming experience summed up in production practice, such as "Jujube sprouts, planting cotton" and "Wheat covers three layers this winter, and steamed bread sleeps next year".

(3) proverbs of life. Life proverbs are proverbs summed up according to health care knowledge, such as "a cold starts with your feet, and illness starts with your mouth" and "getting up early makes you never old".

(4) social proverbs. Social proverbs generally refer to things that should be paid attention to in dealing with people, dealing with people and managing the country. For example, "a small quantity is not a gentleman, and a non-toxic one is not a husband", "You can't judge a person by his appearance, and the sea water can't be measured", "Do it yourself if you don't know" and so on.

Extended data:

Proverbs, including two-part allegorical sayings, are folk proverbs with unique artistic structure. They are composed of two parts, the front is a metaphor; Secondly, the target language is description. It can be divided into moral and homophonic. Homophonic allegorical sayings, such as: onion mixed with tofu-one green (clear) and two white; It means two-part allegorical saying, such as fifteen buckets to draw water-seven up and eight down.

Two-part allegorical sayings are mainly used to express a certain situation in life and a certain psychological state of people, such as "Sesame fell into the eye of a needle-what a coincidence". Often humorous irony, such as "a tiger wears a few beads-false compassion." The metaphor is sharp and vivid, and some people even compare two-part allegorical sayings to "essays" in common sayings.

Baidu encyclopedia-proverb