old saw

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English olde sawe, old sawe, equivalent to old + saw (“a saying or proverb”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === old saw (plural old saws) (idiomatic) A cliché, saying, or overused expression, especially a proverb or maxim. Synonyms: old chestnut; see also Thesaurus:saying 2017, Andrew Marantz, "Becoming Steve Bannon's Bannon", The New Yorker, Feb 13&20 ed. There’s an old saw about Washington, D.C., that staffers in their twenties know more about the minutiae of government than their bosses do. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Oswald, dowlas, waldos