Proverb
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
Example sentence: Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
Saw
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metalA musical saw.Something spoken; speech, discourse.(often old saw) A saying or proverb.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cut (something) with a saw.To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.To cut (something) with a saw.
Example sentence: I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.