whats the difference between idioms and proverbs?
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An idiom is an expression (i.e. term or phrase) whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definitions and the arrangement of its parts, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through conventional use. In linguistics, idioms are figures of speech that contradict the principle of compositionality.\n\nA proverb (from the Latin proverbium) is a pithy saying which gained credence through widespread or frequent use. Most proverbs express some basic truth or practical precept. A proverb which describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a "maxim". If a proverb is distinguished by particularly good style, it may be known as an aphorism.\n\nProverbs are often borrowed from different languages and cultures, and sometimes come down to the present through more than one language
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Idioms, Quotes and Sayings.\n\nGOOD SITES WITH ORIGINS.\n\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/\n\nhttp://eleaston.com/ety-site.html#ety\n\nhttp://www.wordorigins.org/\n\nhttp://www.bartleby.com/100/\n\nhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ \n\nhttp://www.wordwizard.com/\n\nhttp://www.quotationsbook.com/ \n\nhttp://www.litquotes.com/\n\nhttp://www.giga-usa.com/\n\nhttp://www.boardofwisdom.com/\n\nhttp://www.quoteworld.org/ \n\nhttp://www.rockwisdom.com/\n\nhttp://www.great-quotes.com/\n\nhttp://quotations.home.worldnet.att.net/\n\nhttp://www.quotationspage.com/\n\nhttp://www.online-literature.com/quotes/quotations.php\n\nAllGreatQuotes - Famous Quotes and Quotations\n\nWelcome to Allgreatquotes.com! Probably the best free quotations site in the world. Thousands of great quotes carefully researched, collected and verified for your pleasure. Regularly updated and new content added. Visit often and bookmark us.\n\nhttp://www.allgreatquotes.com/index.shtml\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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You can not experience an idiom. You can only hear it. If you wanted to know what 10 idioms are:\n\nCool as a cucumber\n\nCat on a hot tin roof. \n\nSly as a fox\n\nIn the dog house\n\nHot under the collar\n\nHotter than a pistol\n\nJump from the frying pan into the fire\n\nBare ones fangs\n\nWolf in the hen house.\n\nA snake in the grass. \n\nGoing ape s***.\n\nBlast right through it. \n\nThe second shoe drops\n\nLet off steam. \n\nYou get the point, right?
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http://www.idiomsite.com/
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Deductive reasoning is like this:\n\n"If it is raining, then we will get wet." is the same as "If we get wet, then it's raining."\n\nIf something is true, then this other something is true or if something is not true , then this other something is not true.\n\nUsually in a If-then sentence form
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here is some sites to go to...one is where you can buy a book on the proverbs...the other two will give you what you seek.
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Idioms, Quotes and Sayings.\n\nhttp://www.didyouknow.org/quotes/quotes.htm\n\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/idioms/idioms.html\n\nhttp://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-mngs.html\n\nhttp://www.idiomsite.com/#l\n\nhttp://www.wisdomquotes.com/\n\nhttp://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/\n\nhttp://www.idiomconnection.com/\n\nhttp://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html\n\nCat Sayings & Proverbs Part I \n\nhttp://www.moggies.co.uk/sayings.html\n\nGOOD SITES WITH ORIGINS.\n\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/\n\nhttp://eleaston.com/ety-site.html#ety\n\nhttp://www.wordorigins.org/\n\nhttp://www.bartleby.com/100/\n\nhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ \n\nhttp://www.wordwizard.com/\n\nhttp://www.quotationsbook.com/ \n\nhttp://www.litquotes.com/\n\nhttp://www.giga-usa.com/\n\nhttp://www.boardofwisdom.com/\n\nhttp://www.quoteworld.org/ \n\nhttp://www.rockwisdom.com/\n\nhttp://www.great-quotes.com/\n\nhttp://quotations.home.worldnet.att.net/\n\nhttp://www.quotationspage.com/\n\nhttp://www.online-literature.com/quotes/quotations.php\n\nAllGreatQuotes - Famous Quotes and Quotations\n\nWelcome to Allgreatquotes.com! Probably the best free quotations site in the world. Thousands of great quotes carefully researched, collected and verified for your pleasure. Regularly updated and new content added. Visit often and bookmark us.\n\nhttp://www.allgreatquotes.com/index.shtml\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Iam not sure what you mean, but go to Proverbs 2:1 to 22, this will tell you the Benefits of Wisdom, Proverbs 3 will give you Further Benefits of Wisdom.\n\nBlubla
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"You use this proverb to say it is better to accept something that you have or you can use now than to try to get something better that you might not be able to obtain. Sometimes people just say, "A bird in the hand."\n\nIf someone says, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," he/she means that it is better to be satisfied with something you have than to risk losing it by trying to get something better you may not succeed in getting. "
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Wisdom is knowledge of God's Word.\n\nPsa 14:1  The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. \n\nSow to your spirit, the flesh will perish and so can your spirit.
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Wow...the One, this is going to take some thought.  Is there a difference? Both are things that strike you as funny. I think they segue into each other and it's hard to see a difference but out at the edges, maybe, humor is gentler, and more spontaneous while comedy is more contrived.  I don't know.  I'll have to think some more on this. The first link has four definitions for comedy. The second has three  definitions for humor.
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Differences in patterns are a result of common useage that is eventually accepted. Living languages are alive and growing. They also grow, shrink and change through the years.\n\nWe also say "in the house" and "at home." ..."in the factory or job" and "at work" "in the building, and "at school." These prepositions are not interchangeable in the sentences but the nouns means the same things. If you do something wrong, are you "at trouble?"
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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations lists "March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb" as a proverb dating from at least as far back as the early 17th century.  Most proverbs are anonymous.
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It depends on the idiom. There are lots of different origins. Just pick an idiom at look up its origin at:\n\nhttp://www.idiomsite.com/
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Here's a good site with loads of idiomatic expressions:\nhttp://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idioms_proverbs.html
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Anything with as or like is not a metaphor. Those are similes. Metaphors are "the wind was his friend; the clouds were the giant's pillows"   they compare two things without using as or like.
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I'm pretty sure that is from Proverbs... These are NIV references, so the wording may be different in another version.\n\nProverbs 21:9  "Better to live on a corner of the roof \n       than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."\n\nProverbs 21:19 "Better to live in a desert \n       than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife."\n\nProverbs 25:25 "Better to live on a corner of the roof \n       than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."\n\nProverbs 17:1 "Better a dry crust with peace and quiet \n       than a house full of feasting, with strife."