adage
n. 諺語,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'.
那句古老的諺語,“每個嬰兒生來就帶著愛”
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 ).
在諺語中出現之時, 是因為蘋果容易栽培 ( 一直如此 ).
There is a homely adage which runs ,'speak softly and carry a big stick; "
有句眾所周知的格言 “ 說話溫和而手持大棒, 你才能走得遠 ”.
Answering probably an adage: The day fails the person wishes.
或許正應了一句老話: 天不遂人願.
There is the old adage , " In the Spring and Autumn Era there were no righteous wars. "
古人說: “ 春秋無義戰. ”
There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.
在這本關於愚人及其錢財的古老諺語中,蘊藏著很多真理.