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The Difference between Idioms and Proverbs

習語與諺語的區别

Question問

What is the difference between an idiom and a proverb?

習語與諺語有什麼區别？

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:

習語是一種不能從其包含的單獨的單詞的意思來理解的表達方式，但它有自己的獨特的意思。下面是一些習語的例子:

• Look a gift horse in the mouth
• 吹毛求疵
• Eat someone alive
• 嚴厲責備某人；完勝某人
• The short end of the stick
• 不公平的待遇；不利的處境
• 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.

每一個短語的意思都不同于單詞本身的意思。

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.

諺語是一種簡短的流行說法，對人們應該如何生活提出建議，或者表達一種普遍被認為是正确的信念。

• Two wrongs don’t make a right.
• 兩個錯誤不能構成一個正确。
• The pen is mightier than the sword.
• 筆墨勝過刀劍。
• The early bird catches the worm.
• 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。
• A picture is worth a thousand words.
• 一幅畫抵得上千言萬語。

Each of these sayings tells us something about what is thought to be good or right or true.

每一句諺語都告訴我們什麼是被認為是好的、正确的或真實的。

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