2006-10-29 13:48:57 · 4 answers · asked by dad 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Shakespeare's Macebeth
2006-10-29 13:50:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-10-30 00:11:53 · answer #2 · answered by Motti _Shish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This, and you wouldn't believe how many sayings come from Shakespeare.
2006-10-29 13:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that the bonds of family and common ancestry are stronger than those bonds between unrelated people it came from something in Germany.. just search for it
2006-10-29 13:51:34 · answer #4 · answered by CrystalRose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋