| 单词 | old wives' tale |
| 释义 | old wives' taleSEE SYNONYMS FOR old wives' tale ON THESAURUS.COM nouna traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature. Origin of old wives' taleFirst recorded in 1670–80 Words nearby old wives' taleOlduvai Gorge, Old Welsh, Old West, oldwife, Old Wives' summer, old wives' tale, old woman, old-womanish, old-world, Old World leishmaniasis, Old World monkey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for old wives' taleold wives' tale nouna belief, usually superstitious or erroneous, passed on by word of mouth as a piece of traditional wisdom Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with old wives' taleold wives' tale A superstition, as in Toads cause warts? That's an old wives' tale. This expression was already known in ancient Greece, and a version in English was recorded in 1387. Despite invoking bigoted stereotypes of women and old people, it survives. 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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