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1 adage
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2 adage
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3 adage
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4 saw
B nC vtr ( prét sawed ; pp sawn GB, sawed US) scier ; to saw through/down/off scier ; to saw sth in half scier qch en deux ; he was sawing away at the bread il essayait de couper le pain ; to saw the air faire de grands gestes.■ saw up:▶ saw up [sth], saw [sth] up débiter qch à la scie. -
5 dictum
1) adage; maxime2) Jur. [abréviation d' obiter dictum: "soit dit en passant"] opinion incidente; avis incident d'un jugeEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > dictum
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6 legal maxim
Jur. adage; maxime juridiqueEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > legal maxim
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7 maxim
1) maxime; adage2) Jur. principe de droitEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > maxim
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8 Parkinson's law
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9 saying
saying n dicton m, adage m ; which proves the old saying true ce qui prouve la justesse du vieux dicton ; as the saying goes comme on dit. -
10 wheeze
wheeze, US hwi ;zA n1 ( breathing) respiration f sifflante ;2 ○ † GB a good wheeze une idée géniale ;B vtr dire d'une voix rauque.C vi [person, animal] ahaner ; [engine, machine, organ] crachoter. -
11 adagio
См. также в других словарях:
Adage — Ad age, n. [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of L. aio I say.] An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. [1913 Webster] Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i the adage. Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn:… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adage — (n.) 1540s, M.Fr. adage, from L. adagium adage, proverb, apparently from adagio, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + *agi , root of aio I say, from PIE *ag to speak. But Tucker thinks the second element is rather ago … Etymology dictionary
adage — ADAGE. sub. m. Proverbe. Il n est guère d usage qu en plaisanterie, particulièrement dans cette phrase, On dit en commun adage. On dit aussi, D un homme qui affecte un ton sentencieux, Il ne parle que par adages. On appelle Les Adages d Érasme,… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
adage — index catchword, maxim, phrase, principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
adage — bradage grenadage … Dictionnaire des rimes
adage — *saying, saw, proverb, maxim, motto, epigram, aphorism, apothegm … New Dictionary of Synonyms
adage — [n] saying or proverb aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, dictum, maxim, motto, precept, saw; concept 276 … New thesaurus
adage — Adage, Adagium, adagij, Adagio, adagionis, Prouerbium … Thresor de la langue françoyse
adage — ADAGE. s. m. Proverbe. Il n est guere en usage qu en cette phrase. Les Adages d Erasme … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
adage — ► NOUN ▪ a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth. ORIGIN Latin adagium saying , from aio I say … English terms dictionary
adage — [ad′ij] n. [Fr < L adagium, adagio < ad , to + aio, I say < * agyo < IE base * ēg̑ , speak, say] an old saying that has been popularly accepted as a truth SYN. SAYING … English World dictionary