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Example sentences for: sayings

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The Hadith, which recount Mohammed's sayings and deeds as recorded by his contemporaries, are another fundamental source.
The Yiddish language, through its color, its target-accurate expressions, its raw idioms, and its sayings exudes a refreshing magic and laughter, mixed with sober thought, that has been handed down from generation to generation and from nation to nation.
I suppose most Germans who settled America, especially recently, were fairly literate people, whose sayings were easily taken as legal tender by the local inhabitants.
So it remains to see just which 20,000 sayings Wilkinson has chosen to analyze and record.
The title is justified by the comparison of Russian proverbs and sayings with English counterparts and, where applicable, references to Greek and Latin sources as well as the Bible.