| 单词 | old saw |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold saw old saw n. a sententious saying, a homily; a traditional proverb or maxim; a homespun aphorism; cf. old said saw at said adj. 3. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 1899 An old sawe is, ‘who that is slyh [etc.]’. c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 660 I sette noght an hawe Of his prouerbes nof his olde sawe. 1595 R. Parry Moderatus xiv. 140 sig. R3 Modesta..seemed very vnwilling..least her champion in perfourming so many exploytes should at last miscarrie, and so verifie the old saw: So often goeth the pot to the water, that at last it commeth broken home. c1705 A. Pope Jan. & May 219 We, Sirs, are fools; and must resign the cause To heath'nish authors, proverbs, and old saws. 1857 N. Amer. Rev. July 169 To clinch the argument with an old saw, is to come off with flying colors, in his own undisguised estimation. 1992 Harper's Mag. Oct. 5/1 Please spare me that old saw about a person ‘making his or her own opportunities’. < as lemmas |
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