Exempel på adage

• For any of us who had forgotten the old adage that a drug is a poison, this book supplies a useful reminder.

• This adage suggests a selection effect whereby disruptive individuals will choose or self-select themselves into deviant groups.

• After a little time, one can see how the adage of keeping it simple applies quite aptly.

• However, the old adage that a book can never be judged by its cover rings true here.

• Also, there is the adage that to truly understand the basics one needs to see how those convert into technical detail.

• Is there any empirical truth to the folk adage that children will "grow out of it"?

• The third chapter assesses a number of adages the elders employ to communicate moral instruction, making use of a wide range of metaphors.

• The old adage honour among thieves springs to mind here!

• I should have remembered the old adage that one shouldn't wish for things - one might get them.

• Isotopically, fiddler crabs appear to be an exception to the adage that 'you are what you eat'.

• This combination of wins and saves is nearly the equivalent of seven full seasons, thus proving the adage about the importance of pitching.

• A thing of beauty, goes an old adage, is a joy forever.

• The show business adage that the best performances ' leave the audience wanting more ' applies equally well to educational endeavors.

• This puts a much higher premium on the old adage of task-independent formulation of knowledge.

• I am reminded of that old adage: the more we know, the more we know how little we know.