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time heals all wounds

time heals all wounds proverb: negative feelings eventually fade away.

Proverb

time heals all wounds

  1. Negative feelings eventually fade away.
    • “We quarrelled long ago, did we not, and many years have passed since we met, but Time heals all wounds and—welcome, son of my father. I need not ask if you are well,” and he glanced enviously at the great-framed man who knelt before him.1910, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter II, in Morning Star

time heals all wounds meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Vietnamese

time heals all wounds in Hindi

negative feelings eventually fade away
समय सारे घाव भर देता है samay sāre ghāv bhar detā hai

time heals all wounds in Urdu

negative feelings eventually fade away
وقت سارے زخم بھر دیتا ہے waqt sāre zaxm bhar detā hai

time heals all wounds in Arabic

negative feelings eventually fade away
الزَّمَن يُعَالِجُ كُل الأَجْرَاح az-zaman yuʕāliju kul al-ʔajrāḥ

time heals all wounds in Vietnamese

negative feelings eventually fade away
thời gian sẽ chữa lành mọi vết thương

Synonyms of time heals all wounds

All synonyms of time heals all wounds

Forms of time heals all wounds

alternative formtime heals every wound

Origin of time heals all wounds

Traditional sentiment, in the form “time is the healer of all necessary evils” used by Greek dramatist Menander (c. 342–290 BCE).

Questions about time heals all wounds

What does time heals all wounds mean?
Time heals all wounds means negative feelings eventually fade away.
What is time heals all wounds in Hindi?
Time heals all wounds in Hindi is समय सारे घाव भर देता है (samay sāre ghāv bhar detā hai). See Time heals all wounds meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is time heals all wounds?
Time heals all wounds is a proverb.

Words near time heals all wounds in the dictionary

  1. time hangs heavy
  2. time heals
  3. time heals all hurts
  4. time heals all sorrows
  5. time heals all things
  6. time heals all wounds
  7. time heals every wound
  8. time hedge
  9. time hedges
  10. time hierarchy theorem
  11. time hierarchy theorems

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