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Keep mixing up idioms and proverbs - evilgnome - Jan 3, 2022
Am I the only one who keeps mixing them up?
RE: Keep mixing up idioms and proverbs - 630 - Jan 3, 2022
At least you know what they are because I need to google this one.
RE: Keep mixing up idioms and proverbs - Joe - Jan 3, 2022
You mean you get the meanings of the two words mixed up? I do that's with idioms and axioms.
RE: Keep mixing up idioms and proverbs - Lrrr - Jan 3, 2022
A broken clock is right twice a day.
RE: Keep mixing up idioms and proverbs - bevc - Jan 4, 2022
I always mix them up, and feel like an idiom.
RE: Keep mixing up idioms and proverbs - The Pact - Jan 4, 2022
The difference is that a proverb should have an important and profound meaning that gives you some advice like "don't judge a book by its cover" or "look before you leap." Whereas idioms are just regular weird expressions that are going to make anyone who trying to learn English go "what the actual fuck?" like "pull someone's leg" or "off the beaten track." Idioms don't have any great or profound point and aren't some kind of useful or at least an attempt to be useful type of advice.
Don't be an idiom.