A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
1 His history makes the adage 'innocent until proven guilty' a mute point.
2 Another adage : The more things change, the more they remain the same.
3 The entertainment industry has confirmed this age old adage time after time.
4 Today is May 1, and rarely has that adage seemed so pertinent.
5 Unfortunately the adage about what wins World Cups has it rather differently.
6 The old adage is very good, and should be borne in mind:-
7 You're only as young as the woman you feel, goes the adage .
8 As the adage goes, though, there's no such thing as perfect security.
9 He will repeat this adage until it becomes wearisome in its monotony.
10 You know the old adage , summer bodies are made in winter, right?
11 It's a time-worn adage in politics that if you're explaining, you're losing.
12 That old adage that it's lonely at the top is exactly right.
13 The old adage about not trusting strangers held true in the bureaus.
14 To modernize the adage , to give is more fun than to receive.
15 But manifestly to our Priests and Women this adage did not apply.
16 One swallow, as the adage truly says, does not make a summer.
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