old wives' tales
1Old Wives Tales — may refer to: Old wives tales, sayings of popular wisdom (usually incorrect) passed down from generation to generation. Old Wives Tales, an EP by Joy Electric. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …
2Old Wives Tales (extended play) — Old Wives Tales EP by Joy Electric Released October, 1996 …
3old wives' tales — superstitious stories, superstitious beliefs …
4old wives' tale — old wives tales N COUNT An old wives tale is a traditional belief which is incorrect. Ann Bradley dispels the old wives tales and gives the medical facts …
5Old wives' tale — For the English novel, see The Old Wives Tale. An old wives tale is a type of urban legend, similar to a proverb, which is generally passed down by old wives to a younger generation. Such tales usually consist of superstition, folklore or… …
6old wives' tale — noun a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑lore, ↑traditional knowledge * * * a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature. [1670 80] * * * old wives tale 1. A superstitious or misleading …
7old wives' tale — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms old wives tale : singular old wives tale plural old wives tales a traditional belief that many people think is wrong or silly because there is no scientific proof of it …
8old wives fables — folk tales …
9Tales from the Expat Harem — infobox Book | name = Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey title orig = translator = image caption = Fourth Turkish edition cover author = Anastasia M. Ashman and Jennifer Eaton Gökmen illustrator = cover artist = country =… …
10old wife — noun (plural old wives) Etymology: Middle English : a prattling old woman : gossip a mishmash of old wives tales J.N.Leonard …
