Abstract
Every language has its own stock of proverbs and proverbs in one language today reflect every age and time. The proverbs show us as the observation of everyday life, constitute popular philosophy of life, and provide an insight into human behavior and character. This article discusses comparative analysis of Uzbek and English proverbs.
Highlights
The proverbs are popularly defined as short expressions of popular wisdom which refer to common experience are often expressed in metaphor, alliteration, or rhyme
There is equivalent form of the above mentioned Uzbek proverb in English: O’xshatmasdan uchratmas (They do not meet who do not look like each other)- Birds of a feather flock together
There are some types of English proverbs that cannot be translated into Uzbek directly
Summary
The proverbs are popularly defined as short expressions of popular wisdom which refer to common experience are often expressed in metaphor, alliteration, or rhyme. A proverb (from the Latin proverbium) is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on. The USA Journals Volume 02 Issue 10-2020 common sense or the practical experience of humanity (Latin, 2011). Mieder defines a proverb in his book: “A proverb is a short, generally known sentence of the folk which contains wisdom, truth, morals, and traditional views in a metaphorical, fixed and memorisable form and which is handed down. It is clear from the definition that proverb is not a simple unit of a language; it is a ready-made sentence that gives metaphorical meaning with words of wisdom or traditional thoughts of people or nation
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