old saw
Example Sentences
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But to invert the old saw, the shoe doesn’t always fit.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
It reminds me of the old saw that it takes years to build a reputation and only a few minutes to destroy it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
The old saw in presidential campaigns was: which candidate would you rather have a beer with?
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2024
Not that Beth needs to be saddled with that tired old saw of impending motherhood, either, a shortcut to heroism made redundant and practically moot by the film’s end.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023
When Zita, then thirty years old, saw the footage of him on television, she said: “It is not his beard. There is something bothering about his eyes. He is a hopeless, broken man.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
