Examples of using "Adage" in a sentence and their english translations:
That's a very old saying.
That's a very old saying.
You know, remember the old saying: "Practice makes perfect."
"The good die young" is an old saying which may or may not be true.
The jurist will find the words that touch you, each of his sentences will be punctuated with a Latin adage.
"When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window" is a saying as old as it is sad.
As an old Kabyle saying goes: "Help those who are in need. As for God, leave him to others."
Dorcon, having thus been rescued from the jaws of the dogs and not, as the old adage has it, from those of the wolf, went home to nurse himself; while Daphnis and Chloe were occupied until nightfall in the difficult task of collecting their sheep and goats, which being terrified by the sight of the wolfskin and the barking of the dogs had dispersed in different directions.