650 Sayings & Idioms, Refranes & Modismos

A saying, sometimes known as a proverb or a maxim, is an expression consisting of a wise rule of conduct or advice, usually expressed orally. Some sayings are of biblical origin while others arise out of political debates or out of picturesque speech by prominent or ordinary citizens, such as "the buck stops here" by President Harry Truman. Many of the sayings that we know today have crossed frontiers either by word of mouth or through the press, from generation to generation and from culture to culture, often changing the manner in which they were said, but never their intended meaning. Thus, for example, the saying, "to each his own", appears several times in the English section, but each time differently in the Spanish version. Though its meaning remains the same, it is not a repetition of the saying. Idioms and Idiomatic expressions differ from sayings in that they usually do not form a complete sentence. Moreovers, the separate words do not give meaning to the expression. For example, "holier than thou", "chip off the old block" and "hard nut to crack," are typical idiomatic expressions. *** El refrán, también conocido como proverbio o adagio, es un dicho o precepto que, por lo general, contiene un mensaje o consejo que usualmente se transmite de boca en boca. Algunos de los refranes que hoy conocemos tienen su origen en tiempos bíblicos mientras que otros nacen en debates parlamentarios, o simplemente en conversaciones cotidianas. Muchos de los refranes han cruzado fronteras tras fronteras de generación a generación, a veces cambiando de idioma o manera de presentación, manteniendo siempre su sentido original, por ejemplo, "A buen tiempo diente duro" y "A falta de pan galletas son buenas". Todos indican que cuando uno tiene hambre hay que comer de todo, venga lo que venga. El modismo difiere del refrán en que el modismo carece de enseñanza o consejo. Por lo general no se presenta en oración completa, y sus palabras individuales no reflejan en nada el sentido de la expresión. "Mas papista que el papa", "machacar en hierro frio", y "de la seca a la meca", son expresiones típicas del modismo.
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