Crossword-Solution: ADAGE 5 letters, 365 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

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Word	Word Type	Definition
Adage	n.	An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.

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Word		Anagrams
ADAGE	anagram	AGADE

We have 365 clues for the answer “ADAGE”

Clue	Answers
"A bird in the hand . . . "	1 answer
"A cat would eat fish but not get her feet wet," e.g.	1 answer
"A closed mouth gathers no foot," e.g.	1 answer
"A neat ship is a sweet ship," e.g.	1 answer
"A penny saved ... " is one	1 answer
"A penny saved is a penny earned."	1 answer
"A rolling stone gathers no moss," e.g.	1 answer
"A stitch in time . . . "	1 answer
"A stitch in time saves nine," e.g.	1 answer
"A stitch in time" starts one	1 answer
"A watched pot never boils" is one	1 answer
"A watched pot never boils," for one	1 answer
"Accidents will happen," e.g.	1 answer
"All's fair in love and war," e.g.	1 answer
"All's well that ends well," for example.	1 answer
"Beauty is only skin deep," e.g.	1 answer
"Beauty is only skin-deep," e.g.	1 answer
"Beggars can't be choosers," e.g.	1 answer
"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit," e.g.	1 answer
"Better late than never" is one	1 answer
"Better late than never," e.g.	1 answer
"Better late than never," for one	1 answer
"Better safe than sorry" is one	1 answer
"Better safe than sorry," e.g.	1 answer
"Better safe than sorry," for example	1 answer
"Better safe than sorry," for one	1 answer
"Better safe than sorry," say	1 answer
"Brevity is the soul of wit," for one	1 answer
"Clothes make the man," e.g.	1 answer
"Crime doesn't pay," e.g.	1 answer
"Curiosity killed the cat," e.g.	1 answer
"Don't cry over spilt milk," e.g.	1 answer
"Don't judge a book by its cover," for instance	1 answer
"Eat, drink and be merry," e.g.	1 answer
"Every dog has its day," e.g.	1 answer
"Fish and visitors stink after three days," for one	1 answer
"Forbidden fruit is the sweetest," e.g.	1 answer
"Fortune favors the bold," e.g.	1 answer
"Great minds think alike," e.g.	1 answer
"Haste makes waste" or "He who hesitates is lost"	1 answer
"Haste makes waste" or, paradoxically, "He who hesitates is lost"	1 answer
"Haste makes waste," for one	1 answer
"Honesty is the best policy," e.g.	1 answer
"Honey catches more flies than vinegar," e.g.	1 answer
"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," e.g.	1 answer
"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," for one	1 answer
"If the shoe fits, wear it," e.g.	1 answer
"Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results," e.g.	1 answer
"Know thyself," e.g.	1 answer
"Know thyself," for one	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

Hint 2 anagram

EONCRA

Hint 3 another clue

COVER THE EYES

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Sentences with ADAGE (5)

The citizens of Delphi were visited with a series of calamities, until they made a public reparation of their crime; and, “The blood of Aesop” became a well-known adage, bearing witness to the truth that deeds of wrong would not pass unpunished.

Aesop’s Fables Aesop 2000

Bernard followed the direction they had taken, and then Gordon went on: “Talk of the devil--excuse the adage! Are not those the ladies in question?” Mrs.

Confidence Henry James 2006

Below your cracked window red raspberries climb; A hornet's nest hangs from a beam; Your rafters are scribbled with adage and rhyme, And dimmed with tobacco and dream.

Rhymes of a Rolling Stone Robert W. Service 1995

Rostand’s brilliant drama, _Cyrano de Bergerac_, in its English dress proves once more the truth of this adage.

The Ways of Men Eliot Gregory 2008

His bright black eyes were fast melting in floods of tears, when he caught his grandmother’s eye and recollected her oft-repeated adage: “Tears for woman and the war-whoop for man to drown sorrow!” He swallowed two or three big mouthfuls of heart-ache and the little warrior was master of the situation.

Indian Boyhood [AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman 2008

Quotes with ADAGE (3)

Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all.

Milan Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being

No more quickly can a person rob you of your joy and peace than when that individual succeeds at making you feel like you're less than worthy of God as compared to his/her own self. The old adage "You're on your way to hell, and I'm on my way to heaven" spoken or implied to another, is the most predominantly effective way to make someone feel better about himself; and he doesn't even have to prove he's better in this life on earth because now he can just say "Wait 'til I'm lo…

C. JoyBell C.

Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.

Joe Haldeman

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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Three Across, Tribune, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 909 times in crossword archives (1949–2025).