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old saw
Idioms and Phrases
A proverb or maxim, as in Mom's always repeating the old saw, “Haste makes waste.†This term uses saw in the sense of “saying,†and old in the sense of “wise†rather than old-fashioned. [Second half of 1400s]Example Sentences
There has long been an old saw about Southern California: It’s a region too willing to bulldoze its history in the name of progress.
The old saw in presidential campaigns was: which candidate would you rather have a beer with?
The old saw that "states are the laboratories of democracy" has long been one of the rationales for states' rights adherents to excuse their anti-democratic behavior.
The old saw that "states are the laboratories of democracy" has long been one of the rationales for states' rights adherents to excuse their anti-democratic behavior.
“The first casualty when war comes is truth,†as the old saw has it.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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