What is the difference betweem Idioms and Proverbs?

idiom係外國人d慣用語,粗略d分就即係成語咁

e.g.

1."to pull one's leg"is an idiom(同某人開玩笑)是慣用語。

2.The idiom ‘rain cats and dogs’ means raining very heavily.



proverb就係諺語。是流傳於民間的比較簡練而且言簡意賅的話語。多數反映了勞動人民的生活實踐經驗，而且一般都是經過口頭傳下來的。它多是口語形式的通俗易懂的短句或韻語。
用英文解釋:
"A proverb is a short, generally known sentence of the folk which contains wisdom, truth, morals, and traditional views in a metaphorical, fixed and memorizable form and which is handed down from generation to generation.”

e.g.
"Every cloud has a silver lining."

"Out of debt, out of danger."

"Better to go to bed hungry than to wake up in debt."

仲有好多時d名人講既說話都係proverb既一種..




要講兩者的比較就係諺語主要是口語形式的，而成語主要以書面語形式存在..成語言簡意賅.

另外要注意加 "s" >>Proverbs <<係聖經入面既一節書..所以要留意番既...



呢個網有好多有關idiom既用法&解釋,,
http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/idioms/
about proverb..
http://www.syvum.com/proverbs/


P.S.其實idiom & proverb 都分好多種的而用都係大同小異既,冇論日常對話同作文都用得,idioms除左formal letter唔用得[sure的],,proverb我就唔肯定la!穩陣d可以問下英文teacher =]

hope can help =]]

Thanks alot!!!