- 1n/blʌd/blood is thicker than water血濃於水；家人最親
Your relationship with your family is stronger and more important than any other.
「blood is thicker than water」字面是「血比水濃」，意思是「家人之間的關係比其他任何關係都更深、更重要」。這裡的 blood 用的是它的延伸意思——同一個家族流著同樣的血。中文剛好有一模一樣的諺語「血濃於水」，學生會覺得很親切。
示範例句 · Example
They argue a lot, but they always help each other — blood is thicker than water.
中文翻譯他們常常吵架，但總是互相幫忙——血濃於水。
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
blood is thicker than waterproverb
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Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.
- It seems as though you had come to be so very near to us; and blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?
- The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!
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