Adage

Definitions

1. An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
2. An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.

Equivalents

Examples

“He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double⟳ purchase⟳ and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like⟳ a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put⟳ to the test⟳ the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."”

“Like⟳ the poore Cat i’ th’ Addage.”

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