adage
n. 谚语,格言
An adage is something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life.
...the old adage, 'Every baby brings its own love'.
那句古老的谚语,“每个婴儿生来就带着爱”
1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
At the time the adage emerged, apples were easy to grow ( and still are ).
在谚语中出现之时, 是因为苹果容易栽培 ( 一直如此 ).
There is a homely adage which runs ,'speak softly and carry a big stick; "
有句众所周知的格言 “ 说话温和而手持大棒, 你才能走得远 ”.
Answering probably an adage: The day fails the person wishes.
或许正应了一句老话: 天不遂人愿.
There is the old adage , " In the Spring and Autumn Era there were no righteous wars. "
古人说: “ 春秋无义战. ”
There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.
在这本关于愚人及其钱财的古老谚语中,蕴藏着很多真理.