50 Examples of Parable Proverbs and Their Meanings

Proverb is one of the works literature in languageIndonesia. Proverbs are very common we hear and are given from elementary education. Proverbs function as sentence which means satire or also to beautify language. Proverbs have a definite arrangement of words and cannot be changed. Proverbs have several forms, including proverbs, parables, and memes. Our discussion this time is specifically about examples of parable proverbs and their meanings.

Definition 

Proverb is a sentence that states a situation, condition that expresses actions, behavior about a person. The proverb parable is a comparison between human behavior with something that is in the natural surroundings. Based on the word formation, parables can be separated into parables which have the root word 'umpama' which means 'like'. Parables are characterized by sentences beginning with word like, tub, or like.

Examples of Parable Proverbs

In Indonesian there are many parable proverbs, in this article we will give some examples to learn. Here are examples of parable proverbs and their meanings:

1. Like water on taro leaves: people who are not steady or confused and easily swayed in a situation.
2. Like a beetle breaking a rope: something that runs smoothly, without obstacles.
3. Like a chicken laying eggs in a barn: a happy person is not worried about anything lacking.
4. It's like chopping water that doesn't break : doing the impossible and impossible job to do.
5. The elephant struggles with the elephant, the humpback dies in the middle: if two big people (rulers) are at odds, then it is the small people (the people) who are the victims and suffer.
6. Elephants die because of ants: the strong are defeated by the weak.
7. Tigers die leaving stripes, elephants die leaving tusks: big (famous) people when they die leave a great service (to be remembered), if it's good it's good what's remembered if it's bad it's bad remembered.
8. Like a chick losing its mother: the trouble of being separated (losing) a role model.
9. Like a dog chewing on a bone: a person who is always grumbling (angry).
10. Like a tiger hiding his hooves: one who hides his strength (strength).
11. Like overheated worms: complaining of people who are in big trouble (very difficult circumstances).
12. Like a stone falling into the bottom : a person who has left his place and can not come back again.
13. It's like a dipper being pedaled downstream: telling people to leave.
14. Like the dadap flower, really red, smelling bad: something that looks like and beautiful, but is actually quite ordinary.
15. It's like durian and cucumber: a very disproportionate opponent, one side is very strong while the opponent is very weak.
16. Like a pair of scissors at the end: thought it was nothing, suddenly committed a crime.
17. Like a frog in a shell: considers himself very big, feels big because he doesn't want to compare with others.
18. Like the fall of the moon: a tremendous profit.
19. Like a cat with a dog: people who can never get along or reconcile.
20. Like a lamp lacking oil: people who really struggle.
21. Like a blind man losing his cane: experiencing a very difficult situation and having no grip (back).
22. Like betel nut halved: two exactly the same thing.
23. Like tinder with fire: a situation that is easily met or dangerous.
24. Like the back of longing for the moon: hoping for something that is impossible to achieve.
25. It's like eating the fruit of the Malakama, eaten by a dead mother, not eaten by a dead father: it is very difficult to determine an attitude or action.
26. Like peanuts forget the skin: people who do not know remember the mind.
27. Like areca nut halved: the same pair match.
28. Like fire in the chaff: hidden evil deeds.
29. Like a snake hit by a hammer: a crooked path or line.
30. It's like a mule who gets a ring: a person who can't feel the pleasure or use the ease that is obtained.
31. Like a single girl with a ring: a person who is arrogant because he has accepted reality.
32. Like the science of rice, the more contained the more bowed: people who are highly knowledgeable will not boast.
33. Like earth and sky: two very different things.
34. Like a chicken eaten by hair: someone who is out of breath because of shortness of breath.
35. Like hanging on the ends of the hair: someone who is always worried or anxious.
36. Like a bay on the edge: a person is in a very dangerous, troublesome and worrying state.
37. Like a goat that is bathed: someone who is very lazy to do something because the job is not liked.
38. It's like counting a cat's hair: doing a very difficult job and clearly pointless.
39. It's like a ship losing its rudder: an act without purpose because there is no guide to help it.
40. Like water and oil: two people who don't want to unite (always be enemies).
41. Like water in a taro leaf: someone who doesn't have a fixed stance.
42. Like a dead chicken in a barn: a person who is miserable (died or perishes) is in a state of sufficiency.
43. Like a chicken laying eggs in a granary: someone who is very happy without worrying about missing anything in his life.
44. It's like getting a windfall: getting a pleasant fortune unexpectedly.
45. Like a loose horse from seclusion: one who rejoices at having just been released from shackles or bonds.
46. Like day and night: two things that are impossible to meet.
47. It's like a pestle, after pounding it's thrown away: something that is no longer useful, usually thrown away.
48. Like a cat brought with a stick: someone who is very afraid of something.
49. Like stepping on warm coals: one who is restless because misfortune befalls him.
50. (His face) is like the moon of noon: a face that looks pale from lack of sleep.

You can use the example of the parable proverb above to politely state a condition or situation of someone and has a more beautiful meaning with words that are made in such a way that the meaning of the sentence is disguised directly. The proverb of parables has the structure of imagining a person or someone's behavior with objects, other living things, or with what is around them so that they have a more hidden meaning artsy. The meanings contained in parable proverbs usually show similarities seen from the shape of the object or color or properties possessed.

Thus the article about parable proverbs and their meanings, hopefully this article can help you better understand parable proverbs.