old saying
Traditional wisdom phrase
An old saying is a familiar proverb or maxim passed down through generations: There's an old saying about not counting your chickens before they hatch.
The phrase often introduces folk wisdom, sometimes with ironic distance—acknowledging the cliché while still invoking it.
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- common senseNative practical judgment
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- wise wordsThoughtful, valuable guidance
- handed-downPassed to successors
words of wisdom · folklore · axiom · expression · maxim · pearls of wisdom · insight · principle · proverb · homespun · golden rule · tradition · book · aphorism · moral · story · epigram · precept
- expressionsexpression, I love you, phrase, idioms, thank you
- clichescliche, platitude, bromide, tired phrase, worn phrase
- folk sayingsproverb, maxim, homespun wisdom, folk wisdom, oral tradition
- maximsmaxim, proverb, aphorism, axiom, precept
- sayingssayings, proverb, proverbs, adages, maxim
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular