INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Truism - a self-evident, obvious truth.
Examples:
- The apple never falls far from the tree.
- A fool and his money are soon parted.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- A house divided against itself cannot stand.
"It ain't over 'til it's over."
— Yogi Berra
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
(A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens)
Maxim - a well-known phrase that expresses a general truth about life or a rule about behaviour
Examples:
- It’s better to be safe than sorry.You’re never too old to learn.
- Opposites attract.
- You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
"When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid."
— Mxim Gorky
“Above all: to thine own self me true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
(From Hamlet by William Shakespeare)
Adage - An adage is a short, pointed and memorable saying based on facts, and is considered a veritable truth by the majority of people. Famous adages become popular due to their usage over a long period of time.
Examples:
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
— Desiderius Erasmus
"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Eat to live, and not live to eat.
Well done is better than well said.
A penny saved is a penny earned."
(Poor Richard’s Almanack by Benjamin Franklin)
Proverb - a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought;
Examples:
Saying - The definition of a saying is something that has been said, like a motto or catch phrase.Examples:
- A Bad Corn Promise Is Better Than A Good Lawsuit.
- A Bad Workman Quarrels With His Tools.
- A Bargain Is A Bargain.
- A Beggar Can Never Be Bankrupt.
"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means." - Albert Einstein
"Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like. "
Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Opinion - a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something : what someone thinks about a particular thing
Examples:
Certainty - the state of being or feeling certain about something
Examples:
- She knew with absolute certainty that they were dead
- Scientists still do not know with any degree of certainty why the disease spread so quickly.
- We cannot predict the outcome with absolute certainty.
- There was no certainty that the package would arrive in time.
- Her certainty about these complex moral issues is surprising.
"You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize."
— Napoleon Hill
"I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success."
— Daniel O'Connell
Aphorism - a short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea
"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."
— Napoléon Bonaparte
"Necessity is the mother of invention."
— Plato
Paradox - a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Examples:
"If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?"
— George Carlin
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." — Mahatma Gandhi
Oxymoron - a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings
Examples:
"An honest politician is an oxymoron."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"The very idea of "managing" a forest in the first place is oxymoronic, because a forest is an ecosystem that is by definition self-managing."
— Bernd Heinrich
Slang- informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language
Examples:
- Iceman - A friend with nerves of steel
- Flamed - To have taken everything too seriously
- Awesomity - The highest state of awesome
- Frenemy - This term is a combination of the words "friend" and "enemy." It is a person who appears on one hand to be your friend but, at the same time is antagonistic towards you.
Idiom - an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own
Example:
- A chip on your shoulder - means you are holding a grudge
- Has a kite - means you are drunk or on drugs
- Sick as a dog - means you are very ill
- Rub someone the wrong way - meaning to annoy or bother
- Jump the gun - would mean to be doing something early
- Pay the piper - means you need to face the consequences of your actions
Precept - a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
Example:
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Ronald Reagan
A good example is far better than a good precept.
Dwight L. Moody
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
Quintilian
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
Denis Diderot
Dogma- an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals,behaviour
Examples:
- God made the universe
- The universe was made by an evil being to imprison our immortal souls.
- Anyone failing to give money to the priests of the Parthian empire will go to Hell.
- Jesus's mother was a virgin.
- Jesus was the son of God
No comments:
Post a Comment