Translation of "old wives' tale" to German

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Dictionary translations for "old wives' tale"

old wives' tale noun

pl. old wives' tales

das Ammenmärchen n

Contexts with "old wives' tale"

That's an old tale. Das ist eine alte Geschichte.

Don't grow old, grow wise! Werde nicht alt, werde weise!

The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue. Der Autor übersetzte das Märchen in unsere Muttersprache.

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. Aristoteles behauptete, dass Frauen weniger Zähne als Männer hätten; obgleich er zweimal verheiratet war, kam es ihm nie in den Sinn, diese Behauptung durch eine Untersuchung der Münder seiner Frauen zu überprüfen.

An old husband has a wife too much younger than him. Ein alter Ehemann hat eine weitaus jüngere Frau.

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