1. 地精，土地神（童话故事中的神灵，英国人有时在花园中摆放小的土地神雕像）
In children's stories, a gnome is an imaginary creature that is like a tiny old man with a beard and pointed hat. In Britain people sometimes have small statues of gnomes in their gardens.

1. a short pithy saying expressing a general truth

2. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man
lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

Synonym: dwarf