鄙ひ諺げん

noun

vulgar proverb; popular saying

A rare, somewhat literary term for a crude or common proverb. Not used in everyday conversation; more likely encountered in older texts or discussions of folklore.

• 鄙ひ諺げんに「急いそがば回まわれ」という言こと葉ばがある。

  There is a popular saying, 'Make haste slowly.'