英语词汇“adage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	adage
释义	Trends of adage View usage for: adage (ædɪdʒ) Word forms: plural adages countable noun An adage is something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life. [old-fashioned] ...the old adage, 'Every baby brings its own love'. Synonyms: saying, motto, maxim, proverb More Synonyms of adage adage in British English (ˈædɪdʒ) noun a traditional saying that is accepted by many as true or partially true; proverb Word origin C16: via Old French from Latin adagium; related to āio I say adage in American English (ˈædɪdʒ) noun an old saying that has been popularly accepted as a truth SIMILAR WORDS: ˈsaying Word origin Fr < L adagium, adagio < ad-, to + aio, I say < agyo < IE base ē-, speak, say COBUILD Collocations adage old adage Examples of 'adage' in a sentence adage The old adage is that content is king. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It all proves the old adage that you wait an hour for a bus and then three come along at the same time. The Sun (2016) The old adage of no smoke without fire also applies to'no cancer without mutation '. The Sun (2016) Forget the old adage about women in an emotional crisis cutting their hair. Times, Sunday Times (2012) And the result proves the adage that being good at snooker is a sign of a youth spent in smoky halls. The Sun (2006) But the adage is true generally. Times, Sunday Times (2010) You should remember the adage that houses are for nesting, not investing. Times, Sunday Times (2007) You can't please all of the people all of the time goes the adage. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Of course you've heard the old adage that marriage is about compromise. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He was a casebook addict, one who proved the adage that drink finally takes the man. Duncan Hamilton Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough (2007) Or so the adage now goes following news that we're the busiest people in the country. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The old adage is true: personality helps. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It isn't a redundancy to say old adage. Times, Sunday Times (2014) As the adage goes, education is its own reward. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But then it is an old adage that "success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan". Cockett, Richard Thinking the Unthinkable (1994) We would do well to remember the adage about defence being the first duty of government and we ignore the lessons of history at our peril. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It gives real meaning to the old adage that justice must not only be done, but be seen to be done. The Sun (2006) The old adage that the bookmaker always wins is fast being turned on its head, at least when it comes to tax and regulation. Times, Sunday Times (2014) You know the old adage, 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Christianity Today (2000) Remember the adage: One volunteer is worth ten pressed men. The Sun (2010) It proves the adage about this race: it is the Everest of the seas. Times, Sunday Times (2008) As the old adage goes: 'A weed is just a plant in the wrong place. Times, Sunday Times (2007) As the adage goes, money can't buy taste. Times, Sunday Times (2015) (noun) in the sense of saying Definition a traditional saying that is generally accepted as being true The old adage `Every baby brings its own love' usually turns out true. Synonyms saying that old saying: `Charity begins at home' motto What is your regiment's motto? maxim I believe in the maxim `if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. proverb the old proverb `where there's a will, there's a way` dictum the dictum that it is preferable to be roughly right than precisely wrong precept the precept, `If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well' by-word saw (old-fashioned) axiom the long-held axiom that education leads to higher income aphorism one of his favoured aphorisms apophthegm (rare) Additional synonyms in the sense of aphorism Definition a short clever saying expressing a general truth one of his favoured aphorisms Synonyms saying, maxim, gnome, adage, proverb, dictum, precept, axiom, apothegm, saw in the sense of axiom Definition a generally accepted principle the long-held axiom that education leads to higher income Synonyms principle, fundamental, maxim, gnome, adage, postulate, dictum, precept, aphorism, truism, apophthegm in the sense of dictum Definition a popular saying or maxim the dictum that it is preferable to be roughly right than precisely wrong Synonyms saying, saw (old-fashioned), maxim, adage, proverb, precept, axiom, gnome Nearby words of adage ad infinitum ad nauseam ad-lib adage adamant adapt adaptability Synonyms of 'adage' adage Explore 'adage' in the dictionary
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