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Blood is Thicker than Water

There is no other replacement for blood relations. What a person from your family or relatives can do for you, will not be done by strangers in a good sense

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  • It is an idiom, which originated from the Germans. It tells us, that family is more important ant valuable than any friendship ties. Some people present the idea that blood does not evaporate and leaves behind a few stains. Water can evaporate easily and there are no stains left behind. The reason is blood is much thicker and holds its presence but water can be replaced very easily.
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Smith asked his brother to take care of his business, instead of me, while he is on vacations. I guess that blood is thicker than water.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

Additional definitions for 'Blood is Thicker than Water':

blood is thicker than waterFamily relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.1866, Anthony Trollope, The Belton Estate, ch. 30,Blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?circa 1915, Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Scotch Twins, ch. 5,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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