adage

Example Sentences

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I had heard the adage many times: Man plans, God laughs.

From The Wall Street Journal

This proves the old adage, “the fish stinks from the head down.”

From Los Angeles Times

Tragedy plus time equals comedy, according to the adage.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s the adage that you get what you pay for, and it seems to apply to this bull market.

From Barron's

There's an old adage among tech journalists like me - you can either explain quantum accurately, or in a way that people understand, but you can't do both.

From BBC