- OLDSAW
- Oft-heard saying
- What your mama always said
- Bromide
- Worn words
- Familiar saying
- Familiar adage
- He who hesitates is lost, e.g.
- Time-tested truism
- Trite saying
- Saying
- It's very familiar
- Too many cooks ..., e.g.
- A stitch in time ..., e.g.
- A picture is worth ..., e.g.
- Maxim
- Look before you leap, e.g.
- Timeworn saying
- Familiar maxim
- Saying for a long time
- Wise chestnut
- Inedible chestnut
- Prose chestnut
- Maxim, redundantly
- Chestnut
- A penny saved is a penny earned, e.g.
- Chestnut, say
- Bit from "Poor Richard's Almanack"
- Don't count your chickens before they hatch, e.g.
- Adage
- No man is an island, e.g.
- Adage, and not a rusted tool as its name might suggest
- Familiar words
- Time-tested saying
- He who hesitates is lost, for one
- An apple a day..., e.g.
