old saw | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Acliché,saying, or overusedexpression; especially aproverbormaxim.Synonyms:old chestnut;see alsoThesaurus:sayingHe's full ofold saws, but he's not much for original advice.2010March 20, James Campbell, “Barry Miles: 'I think of the 60s as a supermarket of ideas. We were looking for new ways to live'”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Never believe theold saw, "If you can remember the Sixties, you weren't really there". Barry Miles remembers the 60s in vivid detail, down to the dress with "zebra stripes" that George Martin's wife wore at a dinner party given by Paul McCartney and Jane Asher in 1967, and he certainly was there.2022October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticingHouse Of The Dragoncrowns Westeros' new ruler”, inAV Club‎[2]:Cooke and Eve Best deliver a verbal showdown that’s twice as thrilling as the Kingsguard swordfight. Alicent brings out all theold saws: Supporting Rhaenyra has left Rhaenys with two dead children, bastards for grandsons, and a grievously wounded husband. “We do not rule, but we may guide the men who do,” the queen finishes.

Examples:

EN: If old saw toothed Judy wears on you, how 'bout working for me? - Maybe.
ES: Antes de que te explote tu madrastra, ¿por qué no trabajas para mí?
EN: I'm looking after that for an aunt, poor old saw going blind.
ES: Eso se lo cuido a mi tía. La pobre se está quedando ciega.
EN: We are going to be marry the minute we go to boston. What's that old saw about
ES: ¿No conoces ese refrán... matrimonio precipitado pronto lamentado?
EN: - Well,I said that I'm too old and too smart for that old saw, Fred Pallegrew.
ES: Le dije, "Soy muy inteligente para eso, Fred."
EN: Can't remember my exact words, but I paraphrase rather neatly: That old saw, "I know I am not losing a daughter,
ES: No recuerdo las palabras exactas, pero supongo que te diría algo así: 'Estoy seguro que no perderé una hija, sino que ganaré un hijo'.
EN: There's an old saw that says:
ES: Como dice un viejo refrán:
EN: Would you care to back up that old saw with an old sawbuck?
ES: ¿Quieres respaldar ese dicho con diez dólares?
EN: Perhaps the old saw Eddie South get off the yacht.
ES: Quizá el viejo vio a Eddie South bajarse del yate.
EN: they are hiding him in the old saw-mill east of nouvion.
ES: Lo tienen escondido en el viejo molino del este de Nouvion.
EN: This old saw is hard work for one person
ES: Esta sierra es muy dura para una sola persona.
EN: You know that old saw, "An idle mind is the Devil's workshop?"
ES: Ya conoces el dicho: "una mente ociosa es el taller del diablo".
EN: Being determines consciousness, that old saw.
ES: "El ser determina la conciencia", como dice el dicho.
EN: lt's just an old saw, Chris.
ES: -Es Un viejo dicho, Chris.
EN: What's that old saw?
ES: ¿Cómo dicen?
EN: I know it's a bad old thing, bad old saw.
ES: Sé que esa cosa, es vieja y mala.

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