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blood is thicker than water

blood is thicker than water proverb: family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.

Proverb

blood is thicker than water

  1. (idiomatic, family) Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.
    • It seems as though you had come to be so very near to us; and blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?1865 May 15 – 1866 January 1, Anthony Trollope, “Mary Belton”, in The Belton Estate. […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published December 1865 (indicated as 1866), →OCLC, page 201
    • The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!c. 1915, Lucy Fitch Perkins, chapter 5, in The Scotch Twins

blood is thicker than water meaning in Tagalog, Malay, Thai and Vietnamese

blood is thicker than water in Tagalog

relationships are stronger within the family
mas matimbang ang dugo kaysa tubig

blood is thicker than water in Malay

relationships are stronger within the family
air dicincang tidak akan putus

blood is thicker than water in Thai

relationships are stronger within the family
เลือดข้นกว่าน้ำ lêuat kôn gwàa nám

blood is thicker than water in Vietnamese

relationships are stronger within the family
một giọt máu đào hơn ao nước lã

Questions about blood is thicker than water

What does blood is thicker than water mean?
Blood is thicker than water means family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.
What is blood is thicker than water in Tagalog?
Blood is thicker than water in Tagalog is mas matimbang ang dugo kaysa tubig. See Blood is thicker than water meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is blood is thicker than water?
Blood is thicker than water is a proverb.

Words near blood is thicker than water in the dictionary

  1. blood horse
  2. blood horses
  3. blood in
  4. blood in one's eye
  5. blood in the water
  6. blood is thicker than water
  7. blood jelly
  8. blood kind
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  10. blood knot
  11. blood knots

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