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Blood is thicker than water
- Our loyalty to our family — that is, to our blood relations — is strong no matter how we may feel about them.
Idioms and Phrases
Family ties are closer than other relationships. For example, Nancy will drop everything to help her sister; blood is thicker than water . Alluding to the fact that water evaporates without leaving a mark whereas blood leaves a stain, this proverb was first recorded about 1412.Example Sentences
“The saying ‘blood is thicker than water’ is technically true,†Samuelson Bannow says.
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There was a very “blood is thicker than water†energy about my yearning — a notion that my biological father and I would have an inexplicable bond that would heal all my wounds.
Since Uncle Ronnie was my godfather and not my biological father, my choice was clear: Blood is thicker than water.
As I soak beef to make another batch of bone soup for my mom, I'm reminded in more ways than one that blood is thicker than water.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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