what is the difference between proverbs and idioms?
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Answers
@Ali_IY, they are different in every way. What makes you think that they at all similar?
Look at the top left corner. Click on the word Dictionary and look up the two words
Hi @Ali_IY
Here are a couple of blog posts about idioms:
https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/06/15/weather-idioms-rain/
https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/01/28/when-in-rome-read-some-place-name-idioms/
And one about proverbs:
https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/03/22/better-the-weather-you-know-proverbs-and-quotations-about-the-weather/
I hope this helps you understand the two terms a little more.