100 most common expressions

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Do you guys know a list where the 100 most common expressions are listed?

Rover_KE · Accepted Answer

Click here for a start.

Mekkalomp · Answer

Oops I mean sayings and proverbs.

Rover_KE · Answer

In that case, start http://isearch.avg.com/search?q=100%20most%20common%20sayings&cid=%7B6A08366F-4DE9-4F96-8F7C-3230943EAC2C%7D&mid=156f70dc536519889e8573c7b4526d10-e74603a656a2b79f187d81918ff62f48cc549e80&lang=en&ds=AVG&pr=pr&d=2012-10-18%2010:15:45&v=15.3.0.11&pid=avg&sg=0&sap=dsp&snd=hp&sap_acp=0, and then change the headword to 'proverbs'.

Nelly Boichenco · Answer

It is ery useful. Thanks.

Mekkalomp · Answer

Could you confirm the following statements?
The main differences between an idiom and a proverb are:
a proverb is a sentence;
an idiom can be modified.

Nelly Boichenco · Answer

I can't surely confirm your stetements, but I can explain something about the difference.
Yes, proverb is a sentence that gives you a pease of advise (or gives you words of wisdom).
Idiom is a phrase; you can not get the sense if you don't know it (even if every word in an idiom is well known for you)
For example:
"to chew someone out" means "to scold someone"
You can know what does "chew", "someone" and "out" means, but if you don't know that idiom you will not get the matter.

here one of twenty century proverb. Feel the difference:

You can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy. ( from that source http://www.famous-proverbs.com/20th_Century_Proverbs.htm )
You even don't need any explanation; you have already got it.

There are two references; I hope that they you will find them useful.
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/43725/whats-the-difference-between-a-proverb-and-an-idiom
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/blog.php?action=ViewBlogArticle&ba_id=365

mekkalompan idiom can be modified

What kind of modification did you mean?

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