old saw

The old saw "clothes maketh the man" is as much of a truism as ever.

“人靠衣装”这句老话仍然是条真理。

An old saw can have a kernel of truth in it.

一句谚语可有一个基本真理的存在.

If there's any truth in the old saw that London's streets are paved with gold, it's probably because they've been gilded by cash stripped from the pockets of tourists.

据美国有线电视新闻（CNN）报道，古谚语中说伦敦路上铺满黄金，如果这句话有点真实性的话，那就是游客兜里的钱镀上的。

Young and old saw in him an implacable opponent of apartheid.

无论老少都看出他是种族隔离制度的坚决反对者。

But the subtext of that old saw, that beauty is arbitrary, is wrong.

但是, 那句古老谚语的言外之意“美是武断的”是不对的.