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Old saws
Answer for the clue "Old saws ", 6 letters:
adages
Alternative clues for the word adages
- "Time is money" and "Knowledge is power"
- "Poor Richard's Almanack" contents
- Bits of wisdom
- "Beggars can't be choosers" et al.
- Gnomes
- Collection in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
- Old dull saws?
- "Make hay while the sun shines" and others
- "What goes up must come down," and the like
- "Every dog has its day," et al
Usage examples of adages.
It was terrible to be thus haunted by a voice: to have advice, commands, remonstrance, all sorts of saws and adages still poured upon him, and no visible wife.
He has bought two specimens of poultry, which, if there be any truth in adages, were certainly not caught with chaff, to be prepared for the spit.
Likewise, an old adage or proverb may be used to prove a point, but many adages are probably not true, e.
Foremost among them was the most basic of adages related to the art of war: The best defense is always a good offense.
All the Basque of Haute Soule believe they have special genetic gifts for meteorological prognostication based upon their mountain heritage and the many folk adages devoted to reading weather signs.