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Proverb and Riddle (Peribahasa dan Teka-Teki)

1. PROVERB (PERIBAHASA)
    PROVERB atau Peribahasa adalah kalimat pendek yang orang sering mengutip, yang memberikan nasihat atau memberitahu Anda sesuatu tentang kehidupan berisi saran-saran positif.

 Kinds of Proverbs:
1. Aphorism (Pepatah)
    This proverb offers advice.
    Example : Don’t go too far in small. (Persoalan kecil jangan dibesar-besarkan).

2. Parable (Perumpamaan)
    That has a moral lesson and has parable.
    Example : To carry coals to New-castle.
    (Bagai membuang garam kelaut)

3. Slogan (Pameo)
    This proverb gives spirit or motivation.
    Example :
    1. Early bird gets worm. (Tuhan akan memberikan rezeki kepada makhluk-Nya yang lebih dulu bangun)
    2. Diligence is the mistress of success. (Kerajinan pangkal kesuksesan)

4. Idiom
    Idiom adalah kelompok kata yang dirangkai dengan susunan tertentu dimana artinya tidak dapat ditebak dari arti kata-kata penyusunnya secara terpisah.
    Example :
    1. Pull your sock up. (Improve your behaviour)
    2. You can arrange your bedroom at will. (Sesuka hati)
    3. Don’t mention it. (You’re welcome)

2. RIDDLE (TEKA-TEKI)
    RIDDLE adalah teka-teki atau lelucon di mana Anda mengajukan pertanyaan yang tampaknya menjadi omong kosong tetapi yang memiliki jawaban yang cerdas atau lucu.

    Teka-teki bisa apa saja, dari teka-teki tentang binatang sampai tentang obyek. Tidak ada aturan tentang bagaimana struktur sebuah puisi teka-teki, teka-teki bisa lucu atau dapat sajak, itu tergantung pada orang yang menulis teka-teki.

 Example of Riddle :
 1. Every one has seen it but will never see it again?
     Answer : Yesterday
 2. Its job is to become wet.
     Answer : A towel
 3. How many sides does a ball have?
     Answer : Two (inside and outside)
 4. What is taken before you get it?
     Answer : A photograph
 5. When you break it, it is still useful?
     Answer : An egg

Example of Riddle Poems
1. The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of every end, And the end of every place.
-The Guess Book (c. 1820)
          Answer : The letter e
2. There is one that has a head without an eye, And there’s one that has an eye without a head. You may find the answer if you try;
And when all is said,
Half the answer hangs upon a thread.
-Christina Rossetti
          Answer : Pins and needles
3. We are little airy Creatures,
All of diff’rent Voice and Features, One of us in Glass is set,
One of us you’ll find in Jet, T’other you may see in Tin, And the fourth a Box within, If the fifth you should pursue It can never fly from you.
-Jonathan Swift
          Answer : Vowels
4. At the back of every Igloo, And the middle of the Moon,
Always running around in Loops you’ll find me, If you look inside the Room.
What am I?
          Answer : oo
5. Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.
-J.R.R. Tolkien
          Answer : Wind
6. Alive without breath, As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail, never clinking.
-J.R.R. Tolkien
          Answer : Fish
7. He has no feet, yet travels far;
literate, but no scholar he;
no mouth, yet he clearly speaks. If you know him, you are wise.
-Subhasitaratnabhandagara (Sanskrit riddle poem)
          Answer : A letter


Some other examples:
PROVERB
Easy come, easy go.
Mudah datang, mudah pergi.
=> Ketika kita mendapatkan uang secara mudah, kemudian habis dalam waktu cepat.

Cut your coat according to your cloth.
Potong mantel Anda sesuai dengan pakaian Anda.
=> Sesuaikan pengeluaran Anda dengan penghasilan Anda.

Many hands make light work.
Bayak tangan membuat pekerjaan ringan.
=> Sesuatu yang dikerjakan secara bersama-sama akan terasa lebih ringan.
Two heads are better than one.
Dua kepala lebih baik daripada satu.
=> Ketika dua orang saling bekerja sama, mereka muncul dengan ide lebih baik.

There’s no time like the present.
Tidak ada waktu seperti sekarang.
=> Ketika Anda perlu melakukan sesuatu, jangan menunggu nanti.

Actions speak louder than words.
Tindakan berbicara lebih keras daripada kata-kata.
=> Hanya mengatakan bahwa Anda akan melakukan sesuatu tidak begitu berarti. Melakukannya lebih sulit dan lebih berarti.

Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Dua kesalahan tidak membuat kebenaran.
=> Ketika seseorang telah melakukan sesuatu yang tidak baik kepada Anda, mencoba membalas dendam hanya akan memperburuk keadaan.

Make hay while the sun shines.
Buatlah (tumpukan) jerami ketika matahari bersinar.
=> Kerjakan sesuatu ketika watunya memungkinkan.

When in Rome, do as the Romans.
Ketika di Roma, bertindaklah seperti orang-orang Roma.
=> Bertindak seperti orang-orang di sekitar kita bertindak.

No man is an island
Tidak ada seseorang di sebuah pulau.
=> Kita tidak dapat hidup sendiri. Setiap orang butuh bantuan dari orang lain.


RIDDLE
Questions:
1. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
2. I go in hard. I come out soft. You blow me hard. what am I?
3. Which vehicle is spelled the same fowards and backwards?
4. what is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
5. I can bring tears to your eyes; resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but I last a lifetime. What am I?
6. What gets whiter the dirtier it gets?
7. what's orange and sounds like a parrot?
8. What body part is pronounced as one letter but written with three, only two different letters are used?
9. People buy me to eat, but never eat me. what am I?
10. What type of dress can never be worn?

Answer:
1. FOOTSTEPS
2. GUM
3. RACECAR
4. CHARCOAL
5. MEMORY
6. BLACKBOARD
7. CARROT
8. EYE
9. CUTTLERY
10. ADDRESS