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old wives' tale::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | lore, traditional knowledge |
Examples of old wives' tale
old wives' tale
Describe an old wives'tale as something-ology and almost anyone will believe it.
From the newscientist.com
An old wives'tale has it that bats will entangle themselves in people's hair.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It may sound like an old wives'tale, but stress really does cause hair loss.
From the him.uk.msn.com
I'd always assumed it was an old wives'tale that acne was affected by diet.
From the telegraph.co.uk
An old French wives'tale says to soak garlic in lemon juice to mellow out the flavor.
From the heraldtribune.com
Let's look at the facts, and see if we can't get to the bottom of this old wives'tale.
From the huffingtonpost.com
The notion that garlic helps fight sickness is no old wives'tale, either.
From the sacbee.com
However, the idea that lack of eye contact signals lying or deception is an old wives'tale.
From the forbes.com
Shulman decided to put this old wives'tale to the statistical test.
From the sciencedaily.com
