Found 3 items, similar to Adage.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: adage
pepatah, peribahasa
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: adage
adage
n : a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn:
proverb,
saw,
byword]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Adage
Adage
\Ad"age\, n. [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of
L. aio I say.]
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a
proverb.
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Letting
“I dare not” wait upon
“I would,”
Like the poor cat i' the adage. --Shak.
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Syn: Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm.
See
Axiom.
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