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sumfunu
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Location: Canada
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 Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:25 am Post subject: Explaining the difference between proverbs and idioms..... |
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| I have a lot of great students( university Freshmen ), but also have a couple of " hair-splitter's " who have difficulty accepting the differences between proverbs and idioms. If there is a teacher on the board who has had a similar situation and a straightforward explanation of the differences ( these students are operating at an intermediate to upper-intermediate level ) that they can understand, please reply. Thank-you in advance. |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:40 am Post subject: |
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Sure
proverbs use stories to convey examples of wisdom
idioms are much more contemporary and and seem to use analogy to explain things much less complicated than proverbs
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