They, too, seem sprung from nature, with branches and wings stretching upward and surprise carvings of hearts, flowers, moons and folk sayings added.

I don't think I could have tolerated any of her unlikely folk sayings at that point.

Ximena said it was better just to humor the old folks and not to demand explanations for all their quaint old folk sayings.

It is the ability to understand and/or interpret the multi-layered meanings of stories, words, and other folk sayings within any given community of the African diaspora.

Nichifor mostly expresses himself with the help of folk sayings, which he casually mixes in with personal observations about the situation.

He doesn't spin off folk sayings or bang his shoe like Khrushchev.

His notebooks were filled with folk sayings, folk tales, anecdotes, and customs.

During the fire in Stara Zagora he lost his manuscripts and the 15,000 collected folk sayings.

Life experiences dictate the philosophy of the Filipino, augmented by other sources like proverbs, folk sayings, folk tales, and the like.

According to folk sayings, it was a forested area, believed to be the worship land of legendary sage Shandilya.