English-Finnish translations for proverb

• sananlasku
  Tämä sananlasku soveltuu parhaiten juuri ajoverkkokysymykseen. Nowhere is this proverb better illustrated than in the case of driftnets.
  Tämä ei ole helppoa, mutta Kiinassa on hyvin asiaankuuluva sananlasku: . None of this will be easy but there is a very relevant proverb in China: .
  Arvoisa puhemies, kiinalainen sananlasku kuuluu: kun sormi osoittaa kuuhun, typerys katsoo sormea. Mr President, according to a Chinese proverb, when a wise man points at the moon, the fool looks at his finger.
• sanonta
  Ranskassa on sanonta, jonka mukaan "tekomme seuraavat meitä". There is a French proverb that says 'our acts follow us'.
  On olemassa puolalainen sanonta, jonka mukaan se, joka antaa nopeasti, antaa kahdesti. There is a Polish proverb: he who gives quickly, gives twice.
  Kotimaassani on sanonta, jonka mukaan nopea apu on paras apu. There is a proverb in my country: one who gives fast gives twice.

Definition of proverb

• A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations
• A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference
• A drama exemplifying a proverb
• To write or utter proverbs
• To provide with a proverb

Related words

• proverbial
• proverbs
• Proverbs
• antiproverb
• country proverb
• Book of Proverbs