blood runs thicker than water

blood runs thicker than water

proverb Family is more important than anything else. Can't you give your sister a job at your company? Blood runs thicker than water! My relatives insist that blood runs thicker than water, but I can't just blindly condone the bizarre things that some of them do.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • teach a man to fish
  • it takes a village
  • village
  • best-laid plans go astray, the
  • the best-laid plans
  • the best-laid plans go astray
  • the best-laid plans of mice and men
  • bad workers always blame their tools
  • for want of a nail
  • For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ...
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