Word combinations and phraseology in modern english and ukrainian languages

Proverbs, Sayings 
A proverb is a short familiar epigrammatic saying expressing popular 
wisdom, the truth or a moral lesson in a concise and imaginative way. Proverbs 
have much in common with phraseological units because their lexical components 
are also constant, their meanings are traditional and mostly figurative and they are 
introduced into speech ready-made. That is why some scholars following V.V. 
Vinogradov think proverbs must be studied together with phraseological units. 
Another reason why proverbs must be taken into consideration together with 
phraseological units is that they often form the basis of phraseological units. 
A proverb is always a sentence. Very often they are realised in superphrasal 
units. 
Proverbs may have different contents.
Sayings 
are communicative phrasal units of a non-proverbial
character.
They can be represented by affirmative sentences: 
The answer is a lemon. The 
world is a small place. That is a horse of another colour. All is fish that comes to 
his net. Часом густо, а часом і пусто. Сорока на хвості принесла.
Interrogative sentences: 
Do you see any green in my eye? What’s the good 
word? Where do you hail from?
Negative sentences: 
Не нашого поля ягода. Не святі горшки ліплять. 
Imperative sentences:
 Carry me out! Put that in your pipe and smoke it!