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 Definitions of old wives' tale  [ˈɒldˌwaɪf]  

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Definition of 'old wives' tale' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) old wives' tale
a traditional, often superstitious, belief or story.


Definition of 'old wives' tale' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) old wives' tale
a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth


Translation of 'old wives' tale' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a superstitious and misleading story.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ouvroustorie Arabic flag Arabic: خُرافَة عَجائِز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: суеверие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: superstição Czech flag Czech: babské řeči German flag German: das Altweibermärchen
Danish flag Danish: ammestuehistorie Greek flag Greek: λαϊκή δοξασία Spanish flag Spanish: cuento de viejas
Estonian flag Estonian: vananaisteplära Farsi flag Farsi: قصه های مادربزرگان Finnish flag Finnish: kansanomainen uskomus
French flag French: conte de bonne femme Hebrew flag Hebrew: סִיפּוּרֵי סָבתַא Hindi flag Hindi: अंधविश्वास वाली और भ्रामक
Croatian flag Croatian: praznovjerna priča Hungarian flag Hungarian: mesebeszéd Indonesian flag Indonesian: tahayul
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kerlingabók, kredda, bábi Italian flag Italian: superstizione Japanese flag Japanese: たわいのない話
Korean flag Korean: (노파들의) 실없는 이야기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bobučių pasaka Latvian flag Latvian: sievu tenkas; blēņas
Malay flag Malay: kepercayaan karut, tahyul Dutch flag Dutch: oudewijvenpraat Norwegian flag Norwegian: gammel overtro, eventyr;
Polish flag Polish: babskie gadanie Persian flag Persian: قصه های مادربزرگان Pashto flag Pashto: کیسی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: superstiáao Romanian flag Romanian: poveşti de adormit copiii Russian flag Russian: бабушкины сказки
Slovak flag Slovak: babské reči Slovenian flag Slovenian: babjačenča Serbian flag Serbian: bapske priče
Swedish flag Swedish: amsaga, skrock Thai flag Thai: เรื่องลี้ลับเกี่ยวกับภรรย Turkish flag Turkish: kocakarı masalı, boş inan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 無稽之談 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бабські плітки; бабські в Urdu flag Urdu: من گھڑت باتیں
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chuyện mê tín Chinese flag Chinese: 无稽之谈,荒诞故事

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