old saw

Noun

Meaning

old saw (plural old saws)

(idiomatic) A cliché, saying, or overused expression; especially a proverb or maxim.
Synonyms: old chestnut; see also Thesaurus:saying
He's full of old saws, but he's not much for original advice.

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old-saw

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Examples

"There is no disputing about tastes," says the old saw. In my experience there is little else. Robertson Davies

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. Herodotus

The old saw is that the Quakers went to the New World to do good and ended up doing well. Today, well-meaning reformers go to Washington to do good and end up doing harm. Milton Friedman

It is a wise old saw that warns us not to whistle until we are out of the woods. George William Curtis

How so true the old saw: "a prophet is not unknown, except in his own country." Source: Internet

“The guys doing welding at the site of the old saw mill told us what to do – they helped us do all of it,” said P-Moe. Source: Internet

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