Sentence examples of "old saw" in English
Forget the old saw: some men are, in fact, islands.
Esqueça o velho ditado: alguns homens são, de fato, ilhas.
He saw an old friend last week whom he hadn’t seen in years.
Ele viu um velho amigo semana passada que não vira há anos.
That old man had been making homemade whiskey for fifty years.
Aquele velho tem feito whisky caseiro por cinquenta anos.
If you want to sell your old sofa, why not put an advertisement in the local paper?
Se você quer vender o seu sofá velho, por que não colocar um anúncio no jornal local?
We saw an interesting program on television yesterday.
Nós vimos um programa interessante ontem na televisão.
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