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  2. Blood is thicker than water - Wikipedia

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    The proverb appears frequently in the literary works of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Scottish authors. In John Moore's Zeluco (1789), a character assures another in a letter that there is little danger in him forgetting his old friends "and far less my blood relations; for surely blood is thicker than water."

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness; Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt; Better wear out than rust out; Beware of Greeks bearing gifts (Trojan War, Virgil in the Aeneid) [9] Big fish eat little fish; Birds of a feather (flock together) Blood is thicker than water

  4. List of Classical Greek phrases - Wikipedia

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    The last words attributed to Archimedes (paraphrased from Valerius Maximus' Memorable Doings and Sayings). During the raid of Syracuse by the Romans, Archimedes was busy drawing mathematical circles. He was eventually attacked and killed by a Roman soldier as he was too engrossed in thought to obey the soldier's orders.

  5. Thicker than Water - Wikipedia

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    "Thicker than Water" (Charlie Jade), an episode of Charlie Jade "Thicker than Water" (Only Fools and Horses), an episode of Only Fools and Horses "Thicker Than Water" (Under the Dome), an episode of Under the Dome; Thicker than Water (audio drama), a 2005 audio drama based on Doctor Who "Thicker Than Water", an episode of Keeping Up with the ...

  6. Talk:Blood is thicker than water - Wikipedia

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    There's a meme going around saying that the original and complete version of the idiom is "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." As is explained in this article, there's no support for this assertion. There's documentation supporting "Blood is thicker than water" going back to 12th century.

  7. Talk:Blood is thicker than water/Archives/2014 - Wikipedia

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    2 comments Toggle The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb subsection. 2.1 Weblinks and other removed references. 2.2 Edits. 3 The Meaning. 3 ...

  8. Proverbidioms - Wikipedia

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    Proverbidioms is a 1975 oil painting by American artist T. E. Breitenbach depicting over 300 common proverbs, catchphrases, and clichés such as "You are what you eat", "a frog in the throat", and "kicked the bucket".

  9. Blood - Wikipedia

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    This bears closely to bloodlines, and sayings such as "blood is thicker than water" and "bad blood", as well as "Blood brother". Blood is given particular emphasis in the Islamic, Jewish, and Christian religions, because Leviticus 17:11 says "the life of a creature is in the blood." This phrase is part of the Levitical law forbidding the ...