adage
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Sticking with the old adage that it’s never a bad time to buy a house, but there is a bad time to sell one, hold onto it for now.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Thus far, however, this effort has yielded only a few dozen genetically modified long-haired mice, which evokes the Aesopian adage about the mountain that labored and brought forth a mouse.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
There's an old adage that says confidence isn't about believing you'll win, it's about being comfortable with the fact you might lose.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
There’s an adage in the oil industry: the cure for high oil prices is high oil prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Starkey referred to the adage ‘Hear the other side’, a fundamental principle of natural justice, as ‘hateful’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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