Both Uses of
adage
in
Jane Eyre
- A curious friendship theirs must have been: a pointed illustration, indeed, of the old adage that "extremes meet."†
Chpt 18 *
- "We are now without father: we shall soon be without home and brother," she murmured, At that moment a little accident supervened, which seemed decreed by fate purposely to prove the truth of the adage, that "misfortunes never come singly," and to add to their distresses the vexing one of the slip between the cup and the lip.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(adage) an old saying considered wise by many; e.g., "Actions speak louder than words."