The proverbium.org is a website that provides a dictionary of idioms, explanations of proverbs, and a collection of verified famous quotes.
Project Origins
During language and cultural exchanges, our founding team noticed that many non-native learners struggle to understand the cultural meanings behind idioms. This led us to create this open cultural knowledge platform.
Our Mission
To build bridges of understanding between civilizations by decoding cultural codes in language. We believe:
- Every proverb is a key to open cultural doors
- Every famous saying carries shared human feelings
- Every explanation starts a new cultural conversation
Core Values
Our world has many cultures. Idioms, proverbs and sayings are like cultural DNA that:
✅ Keep collective memories of different civilizations
✅ Hold timeless wisdom across history
✅ Create common ground for dialogue
Quality Promise
We follow academic-level content standards:
- All entries show their cultural origins
Join the Journey
You can write to us if you have a suggestion or comment or if you think we are missing your faourite proverb, expression, idiom or quotation. You can reach us at:
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The world is made up of many different cultures. and idioms, proverbs, and famous quotes are an important part of culture. Through these expressions, we can learn about a region’s culture and understand how people there think. This helps us find common ground while respecting differences, understand each other, and learn from each other. The timeless wisdom in these three types of expressions is especially worth learning and passing on.
This website works to collect various idioms, proverbs, and famous quotes, and tries to give clear explanations and sources for each one.
We hope these will be helpful when you see them.