LekhoriLekhoriAny commonly used turn of phrase expressing a metaphor, simile, or descriptive epithet.
A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
To write or utter proverbs.
To name in, or as, a proverb.
Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?"
From Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium.
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To provide with a proverb.
I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase.