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old saws
n. (old saw English)
Usage examples of "old saws".
The old saw had escaped Hebo without forethought, as old saws were apt to do.
There are old saws like Samuel Johnson's dictum that only a blockhead ever wrote for anything but money, or the saying that if you can do anything but write, you should.
Do you want me to make it worse by trotting out obnoxious old saws?
I searched my memory for a few more old saws to supply him with, until my brain was flooded with a sudden anger.
Wise old saws to the contrary, he who takes from a man's purse takes from his existence.
Unfortunately, it is also obvious that few teachers are able to do anything but repeat, without interpretation, old saws.