老话 meaning in Chinese
1.(流传已久的话) old saying; saying; adage 短语和例子
2.(谈论过去事情的话) remarks about the old days
Examples
- The old cliche is certainly true: the bigger car do mean bigger profits .
有句老话倒的确说得不假：车大利大。 - There is an old saying that in hard times public opinion turns to the left .
有一句老话说：在艰苦的时候，公众意见就左倾。 - It is the same old story : everybody wants the house tidy , but nobody wants to tidy it himself .
还是那句老话：谁都想让房子整洁，可谁也不愿意亲自整理。 - What passed between my mistress and me on this occasion was, in the main, a repetition of what had passed between mr. franklin and me .
我跟女东家谈的，大致上就是我和弗兰克林谈的老话。