Blessed is a man with a house.
One foot into three trees, neither dense nor sparse.
Eat tofu with chopsticks.
A lifetime of children's debts, a lifetime of wives and slaves.
One life, two fortunes, three geomantic omen, four virtues and five studies.
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.
Ready-made words commonly used in people's lives. Proverbs are similar to idioms, but colloquial, easy to understand, generally express a complete meaning, and there are almost one or two short sentences in form. Proverbs include a wide range of agricultural proverbs, such as "planting melons and beans before and after Qingming"; Some are rational proverbs, such as "As you sow, you reap"; Some common sense proverbs belong to all aspects of life, such as "walk a hundred steps after dinner and live to be ninety-nine". There are many kinds.
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.