俗ぞく諺げん

noun

proverb; popular saying

A common saying or proverb, often with a folksy or colloquial flavor. Similar to ことわざ, but 俗諺 can emphasize the popular, everyday origin.

• 「急いそがば回まわれ」は有ゆう名めいな俗ぞく諺げんだ。

  "Haste makes waste" is a well-known proverb.

• この地ち方ほうには古ふるくから伝つたわる俗ぞく諺げんがたくさんある。

  There are many old popular sayings in this region.