Adage nedir?

Adage nedir? Adage tanımı. Adage ne anlama gelir? Adage ne zaman kullanılır.

Adage nedir?

Adage terim anlamı: Adage edebiyatta, çok uzun süredir bilinen ata sözlerine denir. Toplum tarafından genel kabul görmüş gerçeklerin zekice ve ironi kullanılarak karşı tarafa aktarılması için kullanılır. Adage sözlük anlamı: Adage; atasözü, özdeyiş, vecize anlamalarına gelebilmektedir. ( okunuşu: eidi:c) An adage s a concise, memorable, and usually philosophical aphorism ( saying) that communicates an important truth derived from experience, custom, or both, and that many persons consider true and credible because of its long-lived tradition.

ADAGE ÖRNEKLERİ

• “do not count your chickens before they hatch” An adage sometimes implicates a failure to plan.

• “do not burn your bridges”. Adages may be interesting observations, ethical rules, or skeptical comments on life in general.

• “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire” means if there is evidence that something is happening and it probably is actually happening

• “The pen is mightier than the sword.”Trying to convince people with ideas and words is more effective than trying to force people to do what you want.

• “People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.” You should not criticize other people if you’re not perfect

• “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” It means that if you are offered something free, think twice!  because it always has a hidden cost.

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Adage nedir?

• Some adages are products of folk wisdom that attempt to summarize a basic truth; these are generally known as “proverbs” or “bywords”.

• An adage that describes a general moral rule is a “maxim”.

• Through overuse, an adage may become denominated a “cliché”, “truism”, or “old saw”.

• An adage is a more general term than a proverb because adages have universal wisdom and truth while proverbs have more daily practices in our life.