WORD TO THE WISE, A Definition & Meaning

word to the wise, a

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Idioms and Phrases

Here's good advice, as in A word to the wise: don't walk alone here because these streets are not safe at night . A shortening of A word to the wise is enough , as it was put by Roman writers, this phrase in English dates from the mid-1500s.

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Strange to say, his later comedies, A �y��vlog to the Wise, A School for Wives, and The Man of Reason, were practically failures, and the same is true of his tragedy, Clementina.

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"It 's only a word to the wise, a notification that you are expected not to run your course without having done something handsome for your fellow-men."

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