BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER

Meaning of BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER in English

blood relationships are stronger than a marriage ceremony

When my wife supported her dad in a fight with me, I said, "So blood is thicker than water."

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER — loyalty to family members supersedes all other relationships
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER — ( saying ) family relationships are stronger than any others
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER — Persons of the same family are closer to one another than to others; relatives are favored or chosen over outsiders. …
Slang English vocab
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER — Persons of the same family are closer to one another than to others; relatives are favored or chosen over outsiders. …
Словарь английских идиом
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER — blood relationships are stronger than a marriage ceremony "When my wife supported her dad in a fight with me, I …
English Idioms vocab
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER — Persons of the same family are closer to one another than to others; relatives are favored or chosen over outsiders. …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER — Кровь гуще годы (т. е. узы кровного родства сильнее других уз). Ср. Свой своему поневоле брат. Свой дурак дороже чужого …
Английские поговорки
WATER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLOOD — 1. сущ. 1) кровь to let draw one's blood ≈ пустить кровь to lose, shed, spill blood ≈ истекать кровью, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLOOD — 1. сущ. 1) кровь to let draw one's blood ≈ пустить кровь to lose, shed, spill blood ≈ истекать кровью, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THICKER — mas baga;mas busÆok;mas gantong
English-Visayan vocabulary
WATER — I Inorganic compound composed of hydrogen and oxygen (H 2 O), existing in liquid , gas ( steam , water …
Английский словарь Британика
BLOOD — I Circulatory fluid (see circulation ) in multicellular animals. In many species it also carries hormone s and disease-fighting substances. …
Английский словарь Британика
WATER — I. ˈwȯ]d.ə(r), ˈwä], ]tə(r)\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THAN — I. thən, then, (|)than, rapid sometimes ən or ə n ( after t, d, s, or z) or n ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLOOD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THICKER — comparative of thick
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THAN — (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, …
Английский словарь Webster
THAN — ( conj. ) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WATER — — waterer , n. — waterless , adj. — waterlessly , adv. — waterlessness , n. — waterlike , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THAN — /dhan, dhen/ ; unstressed /dheuhn, euhn/ , conj. 1. (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLOOD — — bloodlike , adj. /blud/ , n. 1. the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WATER — I. ˈwȯ-tər, ˈwä- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THAN — I. thən, ˈthan conjunction Etymology: Middle English than, then then, than — more at then Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLOOD — I. ˈbləd noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English blōd; akin to Old High German bluot blood …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATER — vi to get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water. 2. water ·noun any liquid …
Webster English vocab
THAN — adv then. ·see then. 2. than ·conj a particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison …
Webster English vocab
BLOOD
Webster English vocab
THAN — [than] conj [ME than, then then, than--more at then] (bef. 12c) 1 a--used as a function word to indicate the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLOOD — [blood] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE blod; akin to OHG bluot blood] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the fluid that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WATER — a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states. Water is …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLOOD — fluid in multicellular animals that transports oxygen and nutrients to the cells and carries away waste products. In many species …
Britannica English vocabulary
WATER — water BrE AmE ˈwɔːt ə AmE ˈwɔːt̬ ə r ˈwɑːt̬- ▷ water|ed d ▷ watering ˈwɔːt‿ ə r ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLOOD — blood, Blood BrE AmE blʌd ▷ blooded ˈblʌd ɪd -əd ▷ blooding ˈblʌd ɪŋ ▷ bloods blʌdz ▶ ˈ blood …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WATER
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAN — / ðən; NAmE ; rare strong form ðæn/ preposition , conjunction 1. used to introduce the second part of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLOOD — / blʌd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the red liquid that flows through the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATER — I. wa ‧ ter 1 S1 W1 /ˈwɔːtə $ ˈwɒːtər, ˈwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: adjective : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THAN — than S1 W1 /ð ə n; strong ðæn/ BrE AmE conjunction , preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thanne …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLOOD — I. blood 1 S2 W1 /blʌd/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ blood , ↑ bleeding …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WATER — n. & v. --n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H[2]O. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THAN — conj. 1 introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLOOD — n. & v. --n. 1 a liquid, usually red and circulating in the arteries and veins of vertebrates, that carries …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WATER — n. & v. n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THAN — conj. 1 introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLOOD — n. & v. n. 1 a liquid, usually red and circulating in the arteries and veins of vertebrates, that carries …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WATER — n. & v. --n. 1. a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Usage: Chem. formula: H2O …
Oxford English vocab
THAN — conj. 1. introducing the second element in a comparison (you are older than he is; you are older than he). …
Oxford English vocab
BLOOD — n. & v. --n. 1. a liquid, usually red and circulating in the arteries and veins of vertebrates, that carries …
Oxford English vocab
WATER — ( waters, watering, watered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Water is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAN — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use than after a comparative …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLOOD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Blood is the red liquid that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAN — conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be bigger/smaller/worse etc than you had imagined ▪ The job interview proved to be much …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLOOD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATER — [noun] [U] - a clear liquid, without colour or taste, which falls from the sky as rain and is necessary …
Cambridge English vocab
THAN — preposition, [conjunction] - used to join two parts of a comparisonMy son is taller than my daughter.Susannah's car is bigger …
Cambridge English vocab
BLOOD — n. red blood corpuscle red blood cell high blood pressure low blood pressure white blood cell blood poisoning ABO blood …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLOOD — n. Circulatory fluid (see circulation ) in multicellular animals. In many species it also carries hormone s and disease-fighting substances. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLOOD — Synonyms and related words : Beau Brummel, Christmas disease, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Letterer-Siwe syndrome, Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THICKER — See: BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Slang English vocab
THAN — See: LESS THAN, LESS THAN NO TIME, MORE THAN.
Slang English vocab
BLOOD — See: DRAW BLOOD, FLESH AND BLOOD, IN COLD BLOOD, IN ONE'S BLOOD or INTO ONE'S BLOOD, MAKE ONE'S BLOOD BOIL …
Slang English vocab
WATER — INDEX: 1. water 2. when a lot of water covers a place that is usually dry 3. a continuous movement …
Longman Activator English vocab

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