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word to the wise, a
word to the wise, a
Here's good advice, as in A word to the wise: don't walk alone here because these streets are not safe at night. A shortening of A word to the wise is enough, as it was put by Roman writers, this phrase in English dates from the mid-1500s.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Prune | | - | French |
Allannah | | ə-LAN-ə | English (Rare) |
Dukes | | [du:ks] | |
Denise | | [də'ni:z] | |
Lora | | LAWR-a (English) | English, Italian |
Deepa | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil |