Saws (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">saws</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('proverb' can be a synonym of 'saw')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for proverbs that I've seen before include "Adages, saws" , "Book of the Bible" , "Gnomes" , "Old Testament book ascribed to Solomon, or well-known sayings" , "Truthful expressions" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">saws</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('adage' can be a synonym of 'saw')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for adages that I've seen before include "Old familiar sayings" , "Aphorisms" , "'Proverbs, saws (6)'" , "Proverbs from sad age" , "Old sayings or maxims" .)