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 |  Subject: The difference between: Phrases, Phrasal verbs, Idioms, Sayings and Proverbs  Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:52 pm | |
| The difference between: Phrases, Phrasal verbs, Idioms, Sayings and Proverbs
- Phrase: a short group of words which are often used together or a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a conceptual/single unit in a sentence as the highlighted expression in the following sentences.:
* We are governed by an 'elective dictatorship'.(Used as noun/object of pre-by)
* The house at the end of the street belongs to a famous player.(Used as noun and subject of the sentence)
- Phrasal verb: a phrase which consists of a verb in combination with a preposition or adverb or both, the meaning of which is different from the meaning of its separate parts as highlighted in following sentences:
* The child is well looked after by his parents.(Looked after=taken care of)
* He has gone down with fever. (gone down with=becomes ill with disease)
- Idiom: group of words in a fixed order forming an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements/words, as:
* To "have bitten off more than you can chew" is an idiom that means you have tried to do something which is too difficult for you.
* You have added fuel to the fire. It means you say/do something that makes a difficult situation worse.
- Proverb: a short sentence, etc., usually known by many people, stating something commonly experienced or giving advice or a short popular saying, usually of ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; .
* Slow and steady wins the race.
* A bad cause requires many words.
* A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.
- Saying: a well-known and wise statement made by famous people, which often has a meaning that is different from the simple meanings of the words it contains:
* What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. (Aristotle)
* Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. (Albert Einstein) | |
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