500 Proverbial Journal Prompts and Creative Writing Ideas Using Proverbs

My grandmother was from England, and I grew up with proverbs and idiomatic phrases. To say she had a way with words was an understatement. I’m always recalling and repeating phrases she said to me when I speak to my children, and they are like, “what?” When they want something, I will say “if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” They have no idea what that means, but I know that pretty much meant I could want all I wanted but I wasn’t going to get it.

These proverbs here are inspiration for your writing. Take each one and write about it. You can think it over first, research the meaning or just write off the cuff…the important thing is to write about it. It might even bring back a memory of someone you love just like the above mentioned proverb for me.