Refrán in english
Saying
pronunciation: seɪɪŋ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: seɪɪŋ part of speech: noun
In gestures
refrán = adage ; wise saying ; old saying ; saying ; saw ; refrain ; proverb.
Example: But now she was beginning to wonder if there was any truth to the old adage that 'It's not what you know, but who you know'.Example: Stories range from one-sentence statements we call jokes and wise sayings, through gossip to the most profound and complicated structures we call novels and poems and plays.Example: Chapters include drinking and moonshine, courting, old cures and remedies, fishing and hunting, plus a chapter of pithy quotes and old sayings.Example: 'Practice makes perfect' is a saying that can be applied to reading = 'Practice makes perfect' is a saying that can be applied to reading.Example: And his life confirms the famous old saw: No man is a prophet in his own land.Example: The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.Example: As the old Chinese proverb tells us 'To prophesy is extremely difficult, especially about the future'.more:
» como dice el refrán = as the saying goes ; so the saying goes .
Example: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank. Example: Behind every good man, so the saying goes, is a good woman, and behind every maniac, is a good woman losing her sanity!.» refrán bíblico = biblical saying .
Example: Your following the biblical saying to cast you bread upon the waters, certainly has been helpful to me.