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Meaning of Adage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ

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

Afrikaans wysheid
العربية المثل مثل
Български поговорка
Ελληνικά γνωμικό παροιμία
Español adagio dicho refrán
فارسی پند
Français adage
हिन्दी कहावत मसल
Bahasa Indonesia adagium
Italiano modo di dire
한국어 속담
Latina adagium
Македонски пословица
Português adage adágio anexim dito
Română zicală
Русский пословица
Српски пословица
ไทย ภาษิต
Tagalog sabihin
Українська приказка прислів'я
Tiếng Việt cách ngôn

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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