adage

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byword, adage
atasözü, atasözü
İngilizce - İngilizce
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use
An old saying, which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim

Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage” (Lady MacBeth).

{n} a proverb, an old or common saying
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb
{i} (Atasözü), maxim, traditional saying
An adage is something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life. the old adage, `Every baby brings its own love'. = maxim, saying. a well-known phrase that says something wise about human experience = proverb (adagium)

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Talmudic adage
Talmudic proverb
adages
plural of adage
adage