0 a wise saying: --
He remembered the old adage "Look before you leap".
1 a wise saying or proverb: --
He remembered the old adage, "Look before you leap."
I am reminded of that old adage: the more we know, the more we know how little we know.
This puts a much higher premium on the old adage of task-independent formulation of knowledge.
The show business adage that the best performances ' leave the audience wanting more ' applies equally well to educational endeavors.
A thing of beauty, goes an old adage, is a joy forever.
This combination of wins and saves is nearly the equivalent of seven full seasons, thus proving the adage about the importance of pitching.
Isotopically, fiddler crabs appear to be an exception to the adage that 'you are what you eat'.
I should have remembered the old adage that one shouldn't wish for things - one might get them.
The old adage honour among thieves springs to mind here!
