Clues for the word "ADAGE"
We've had 238 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 928 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on April 16, 2025.
Definition of adage
- n. - An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
Referring Clues
- "Penny wise, pound foolish," e.g.
- "Haste makes waste," e.g.
- Saw
- "Too many cooks spoil the broth," e.g.
- "Love thy neighbor" is one
- Words of wisdom
- "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," e.g.
- "Waste not, want not," e.g.
- Saying
- "Measure twice, cut once," e.g.
- "Beggars can't be choosers," e.g.
- "Don't cry over spilt milk," e.g.
- Encapsulated observation
- Byword
- "Time is money," e.g.
- Old saw
- You can say that again
- Often-quoted line
- Wise saying
- Poor Richard's Almanack item
- Proverb
- Maxim
- Bit of wisdom
- Part of Poor Richard's Almanack
- Bit of old wisdom
- "Time is money," for one
- Sometime sampler stitching
- "Poor Richard's Almanack" bit
- Oft-repeated words
- "There is no I in TEAMWORK," e.g.
- "What goes around, comes around," for one
- Traditional truism
- "Beauty is only skin-deep," e.g.
- "Poor Richard's Almanack" tidbit
- Observational saying
- Memorable saying
- The golden rule, e.g.
- "What goes up must come down," e.g.
- Age-old expression
- "Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results," e.g.
- "Poor Richard's Almanack" maxim
- Sampler sentence
- Wise old saying
- Words from the wise
- "Know thyself," for one
- Saying such as the one formed from the first words of 17-, 37-, and 57-Across
- Pithy platitude
- Wise remark
- Succinct saying
- Saying with meaning
- Proverbial saying
- "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," for one
- Time-tested truism
- Traditional saying
- "Still waters run deep," for example
- Item in "Poor Richard's Almanack"
- Old saying
- Bit of folk wisdom
- "A stitch in time" starts one
- Memorable words
- "A stitch in time ...," e.g.
- Saying to remember
- "Love conquers all," e.g.
- Pithy saying
- Words to the wise
- Madison Ave. publication
- Words to live by
- "Time is money," e.g.
- "He who hesitates is lost," e.g.
- "Love conquers all," e.g.
- "Beggars can't be choosers," e.g.
- "Measure twice, cut once," e.g.
- "Look before you leap," for example
- "Penny wise, pound foolish," e.g.
- "A neat ship is a sweet ship," e.g.
- "If the shoe fits, wear it," e.g.
- Maxim or saw
- Murphy's Law, e.g.
- "Nothing ventured nothing gained," e.g.
- "That's life!" e.g.
- Simple saying
- Poor Richard's forte
- Time-honored truism
- "Beauty is only skin deep," e.g.
- "Penny-wise, pound-foolish," e.g.
- Silence is golden, e.g.
- Truism
- "Money talks," for one
- "Haste makes waste," for one
- "Love conquers all" is one
- "Love is blind," e.g.
- Axiom
- Pearl from Poor Richard
- It may become a cliché
- Memorable maxim
- "Red sky at night, sailor's delight," e.g.
- Timeworn observation
- "Let sleeping dogs lie," e.g.
- "Look before you leap," e.g.
- "Look before you leap," for example
- "A stitch in time saves nine," e.g.
- "All's fair in love and war," e.g.
- Common observation
- "A watched pot never boils" is one
- "Money talks," e.g.
- Terse truth
- Wise words
- Wise truism
- Familiar saying
- "A watched pot never boils," for one
- One might be rendered in needlepoint
- "Two heads are better than one," for one
- "Honesty is the best policy," e.g.
- Aphorism
- Old truism
- "What goes around, comes around," e.g.
- Timeworn truism
- "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," e.g.
- "Poor Richard's Almanack" excerpt
- Ben Franklin witticism
- "Honey catches more flies than vinegar," e.g.
- "Time flies," e.g.
- "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," for one
- Terse observation
- Platitude
- Cliché, often
- "A penny saved is a penny earned," e.g.
- "Don't shit where you eat," e.g.
- "Haste makes waste", e.g.
- "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," e.g.
- Any of Aesop's morals
- Oft-repeated words of wisdom
- "Don't count your chickens before they hatch," e.g.
- Oft-quoted saying
- Murphy's Law, for one
- "Better safe than sorry," e.g.
- Pearl of wisdom, perhaps
- "That's how the ball bounces," e.g.
- Often-quoted saying
- Bit of grandmotherly advice
- What may follow "they say"
- Timeworn words
- "Two wrongs don't make a right," e.g.
- Trite saying
- "Poor Richard's Almanack" offering
- Poor Richard pronouncement
- Old maxim
- Apothegm
- "A closed mouth gathers no foot," e.g.
- Condensed, memorable saying
- "Clothes make the man," e.g.
- "Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit," e.g.
- "Many hands make light work," e.g.
- Motto
- Saw how old notice is?
- "Love is blind," is one
- Dictum
- Saw commercial season
- Saw an American lawyer, for example, taken aback
- "Every dog has its day," e.g.
- Saw notice on time
- Saw a daughter grow old
- Notice antiquity of a proverb
- Saw, say, a girl upset
- Saw Bill decline
- Pearl of wisdom
- Time-honored saying
- Instead, a general saying
- "Money talks," say
- "Poor Richard's Almanack" inclusion
- Old saw?
- Saw girl, huge, being cut in half
- Saw a number ahead of time
- Saw one's daughter get on
- Saw commercial decline
- Egad! A contrary proverb!
- A proverb, or a mild oath, withdrawn
- A proverb now mature
- Well-remembered proverb or saying
- Saw a daughter decline
- Saying of the present time?
- Saw the era of commercialism?
- Saw the era of Saatchi & Saatchi?
- Saw our time span
- "Opposites attract" is one
- Pithy bit of wisdom
- Girl, for example, turning up in proverb
- Instructive saying
- Gnome's promotion coming with maturity
- Poor Richard gem
- "Look before you leap," for one
- Tried-and-true saying
- Many a line from Benjamin Franklin
- "Eat, drink and be merry," e.g.
- "Waste not, want not," for one
- Word from the wise
- "Better late than never," e.g.
- Saw how old notice is?
- Popular saying
- "Stupid is as stupid does," e.g.
- "Know thyself," e.g.
- "Safety first," e.g.
- "Great minds think alike," e.g.
- Word from the Latin for "I say"
- Longstanding observation
- "Don't judge a book by its cover," for instance
- An old saw
- "Fish and visitors stink after three days," for one
- Sage words
- Sampler wisdom
- A saying of modern times
- “Haste makes waste,” e.g.
- "Curiosity killed the cat," e.g.
- Pithy expression
- There are two pennies in a classic one
- "Better safe than sorry" is one
- "Love conquers all," for example
- Traditional maxim
- "Opposites attract," for one
- Time-honored words
- Wise maxim
- "Out of sight out of mind," e.g.
- "Opposites attract," e.g.
- "No man is an island," for example
- "Words have consequences," e.g.
- "Accidents will happen," e.g.
- "There's no such thing as a free lunch," e.g.
- "Better safe than sorry," for example
- "Brevity is the soul of wit," for one
- "Forbidden fruit is the sweetest," e.g.
- "Better late than never," for one
- Common saying
- Relative of an apothegm
- "A rolling stone gathers no moss," e.g.
- Sage saying
- "Time is money," is one
- "The early bird gets the worm," for one
- "Practice makes perfect," for one
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - April 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 02, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 29, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 25, 2025
- LA Times - March 22, 2025
- Daily American - March 18, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 10, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 07, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 13, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 12, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 24, 2025
- USA Today - January 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 10, 2025
- Mirror Mini - January 04, 2025
- Daily American - January 04, 2025
- New York Times - December 30, 2024
- Family Time - December 22, 2024
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