Adage

(n.) An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.

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• There must always be two parties to a quarrel, says the old adage. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The old adage that all is fair in love and war applies to this new weapon of destruction as to every warlike instrument. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A curious friendship theirs must have been: a pointed illustration, indeed, of the old adage that extremes meet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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