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  • 1 proverb

    noun
    Sprichwort, das

    be a proverb — (fig.) [Eigenschaft:] sprichwörtlich sein

    * * *
    ['provə:b]
    (a well-known saying that gives good advice or expresses a supposed truth: Two common proverbs are `Many hands make light work' and `Don't count your chickens before they're hatched!') das Sprichwort
    - academic.ru/58615/proverbial">proverbial
    - proverbially
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    prov·erb
    [ˈprɒvɜ:b, AM ˈprɑ:vɜ:rb]
    n
    1. (saying) Sprichwort nt
    ▪ to be a \proverb for sth für etw akk berühmt [o pej berüchtigt] sein
    she's a \proverb for lateness ihre Unpünktlichkeit ist geradezu sprichwörtlich
    3. REL
    ▪ P\proverbs + sing vb Sprüche pl
    the book of P\proverbs die Sprüche Salomos
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    ['prɒvɜːb]
    n
    Sprichwort nt

    (the Book of) Proverbs — die Sprüche pl

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    proverb [ˈprɒvɜːb; US ˈprɑvˌɜrb] s
    1. Sprichwort n:
    he is a proverb for shrewdness fig seine Schlauheit ist sprichwörtlich od (pej) berüchtigt
    2. the (Book of) Proverbs pl (als sg konstruiert) BIBEL die Sprüche pl (Salomonis)
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    noun
    Sprichwort, das

    be a proverb — (fig.) [Eigenschaft:] sprichwörtlich sein

    * * *
    n.
    Sprichwort m.

    English-german dictionary > proverb

  • 2 proverb

    prov·erb [ʼprɒvɜ:b, Am ʼprɑ:vɜ:rb] n
    1) ( saying) Sprichwort nt;
    2) (fig: well-known for)
    to be a \proverb for sth für etw akk berühmt [o ( pej) berüchtigt] sein;
    she's a \proverb for lateness ihre Unpünktlichkeit ist geradezu sprichwörtlich
    3) rel
    P\proverbs + sing vb Sprüche ntpl;
    the book of P\proverbs die Sprüche Salomos

    English-German students dictionary > proverb

  • 3 byword

    noun
    (notable example) Inbegriff, der ( for Gen.)
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    ˈby·word
    n
    1. (notable example) Musterbeispiel nt ( for für + akk), Inbegriff m
    their shops are a \byword for good value ihre Geschäfte stehen für Qualität
    2. (motto) Schlagwort nt
    3. (proverb) Sprichwort nt
    * * *
    1. Sprichwort n
    2. (for) Inbegriff m (gen), Musterbeispiel (für):
    be a byword for stehen für, gleichbedeutend sein mit;
    they are a byword for hospitality ihre Gastfreundschaft ist sprichwörtlich
    3. fig Gegenstand allgemeinen Spottes oder allgemeiner Verachtung:
    a) jemanden zum Gespött der Leute machen,
    b) jemanden der allgemeinen Verachtung preisgeben
    4. ( besonders verächtlicher) Beiname
    5. stehende Redensart, Schlagwort n
    * * *
    noun
    (notable example) Inbegriff, der ( for Gen.)
    * * *
    n.
    Schlagwort n.
    Sprichwort m.

    English-german dictionary > byword

  • 4 byword

    'by·word n
    1) ( notable example) Musterbeispiel nt ( for für +akk), Inbegriff m;
    their shops are a \byword for good value ihre Geschäfte stehen für Qualität
    2) ( motto) Schlagwort nt
    3) ( proverb) Sprichwort nt

    English-German students dictionary > byword

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