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单词 blood is thicker than water
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blood is thicker than water

Family ties are closer than other relationships. For example, Nancy will drop everything to help her sister; blood is thicker than water. Alluding to the fact that water evaporates without leaving a mark whereas blood leaves a stain, this proverb was first recorded about 1412.

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Blood is thicker than water


Our loyalty to our family — that is, to our blood relations — is strong no matter how we may feel about them.

Words nearby Blood is thicker than water

blood guilt, bloodguilty, blood heat, bloodhound, blooding, Blood is thicker than water, blood knot, bloodless, bloodless operation, Bloodless Revolution, bloodletting
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