An adage is a saying. Moms and dads love adages such as "early to bed, early to rise" and "an apple a day keeps the doctor away."
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
Noun
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
n.
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a
proverb.
Adage
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An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
Usage Examples
I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'
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Other Usage ExamplesI really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience.
There's an adage that is an apt description of the new dynamic at work between brands and consumers connected through social media: People support what they help to build. But now that many brands are launching community-driven cause marketing campaigns, the challenge becomes what to do next?