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adage

/ad-ij/US // ˈæd ɪdʒ //UK // (ˈædɪdʒ) //

格言,成语,谚语,圣言

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.

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Examples

  • As the old adage goes, if it’s free then you are the product.

  • The old adage of staying calm under pressure is also imperative for leaders, especially in crisis.

  • As Inam was speaking, I was reminded of that old adage, “War is too important to be the left to the generals.”

  • There is some truth to the old adage that all good things take time, and SEO is a prime example.

  • He wants everyone to succeed and believes in the adage, 'a rising tide lifts all boats.'

  • Yet it appears that Tillis, the RNC, and conservative Super PACs forget the old adage, “all politics is local.”

  • Perhaps the most problematic aspect of the adage is the most obvious.

  • The old adage that “a picture is worth a thousand words” has never seemed more relevant.

  • But to misquote an old financial adage, the property market can remain irrational longer than you are prepared to remain homeless.

  • His staying power is a testament to the poptimist adage that if someone likes something, it must have some merit.

  • He was perfectly contented to bide his time, remembering that adage: "All things come to him who waits."

  • The old adage that “all is fair in love and war” applies to this new weapon of destruction as to every warlike instrument.

  • No man alive held the stale old adage of “Beauty when unadorned,” etc., in profounder scorn.

  • I say to it what I have often said to a difficulty, what the old Scotch adage says of 'the stout heart to the stey brae.'

  • The old adage, "Honor among thieves," seldom holds good after the "stroke."