Idioms and maxims in the field of education and training are expressions that reflect the educational phenomena, educational processes, and social perspectives on education during different historical periods. This article collects idioms and maxims in the field of education and training, focuses on clarifying their structural and semantic characteristics, determines their formation and changing process over time and the socio-cultural imprints on them to help people gain a more comprehensive understanding about the development and renewal of the Vietnamese language system.