Definitionn. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Last update: March 28, 2018
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In this case the old adage that "two of a trade never agree" is clearly contradicted. [noun]
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There must always be two parties to a quarrel, says the old adage. [verb]
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Adages express general truth. [noun]
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According to the old adage, "Give him an inch, and he will take an ell." [Please select]
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Goes to prove the old adage: " you get what you pay for ". [noun]
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The old adage ' never let the tax tail wag the commercial dog ' is certainly worth bearing in mind. [noun]
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Simon's adage--TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS CAPACITY TO EACH CAPACITY ACCORDING TO ITS RESULTS--finds its full and complete application. [noun]
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Why, you know Tacitus saith, "In rebus bellicis maxime dominalur Fortuna," which is equiponderate with our vernacular adage, "Luck can maist in the mellee." [noun]
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Property, forced into its first intrenchment, repudiates its old adage; justice, ashamed, retracts her maxims, and sorrow lowers her bandage over her blushing cheeks. [noun]
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A curious friendship theirs must have been: a pointed illustration, indeed, of the old adage that extremes meet. [noun]
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"_ "A native adage," whispered Stuart." [Please select]
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