ad·age /ˈædɪʤ/
  古話,格言,諺語
  Ad·age n.  An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
  Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would,”
  Like the poor cat i' the adage.   --Shak.
  Syn: -- Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm. See Axiom.
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  adage
       n : a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
           fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
           [syn: proverb, saw, byword]