单词 | old saw |
释义 | old sawSEE SYNONYMS FOR old saw ON THESAURUS.COM A proverb or maxim, as in Mom's always repeating the old saw, “Haste makes waste.” This term uses saw in the sense of “saying,” and old in the sense of “wise” rather than old-fashioned. [Second half of 1400s] Words nearby old sawOld Ritualist, old river, old rose, Old Russian, Olds, old saw, Old Saxon, old school, old school tie, Old Scratch, old shoe The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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