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Traditional sayings
Answer for the clue "Traditional sayings ", 6 letters:
adages
Alternative clues for the word adages
- "What goes up must come down" and the like
- "What goes up must come down" and others
- Sayings from sages
- "Let sleeping dogs lie" and others
- "Beggars can't be choosers" et al.
- Bits of folk wisdom
- Timeworn truisms
- Lines from Homer and Erasmus
- Collection in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
- "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.