APAD: Blood is thicker than water

Meaning:

Loyalties within a family are the strongest and most important ones.

 

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Over milleniums, Christianity has watered down those loyalties by systematically

breaking the fabrics of traditional institutions such as the family and the

clan. As a result, blood in the west must feel markedly thinner compared with

the gooey messy bond that ties together an extended Chinese family or a Native

American tribe. This might explain Ben Franklin's observation that while many

whites, men and women, ran away to join the American Indians but not a single

Indian signed up with the white colonists.

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• 中文里也有一个血浓于水的表达，是英文直译过来的吗？ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:18:03

• My source says the Germans first said it in the 12th century -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:23:20

• It's likely it existed in parallel what the Chinese saying. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:24:24

• Just checked. This APAD was posted before. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:24:52

• very much needed recapping -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:29:50

• sign, blame Christianity or human nature? OldChinese saying: -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:25:40

• Ruthlessness of emperorial families since.................. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:27:42

• The royal families were statistically insignificant :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:36:29

• in numbers, might even more influential -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:40:12

• why? Christianity holds marriage in high esteem, placing a -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:57:42

• a emphasis on the sanctity of the union and the -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:58:18

• importance of family. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (72 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 09:58:46

• Christianity, over 2000 years, changed human nature. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 10:02:25

• for some populations, at least. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 10:03:24

• according to "The WEIRDest People in the World" J. Henrich -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 10:05:59

• Learned, by the way, as a newbie, what does ADAP stand for? -老林子里的夏天- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 10:27:19

• APAD: a proverb a day -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 10:47:29

• OMG！ learned! I checked online and an answer I got was: -老林子里的夏天- ♂ (377 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 10:57:10

• hahaha, u made my day. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (167 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 11:05:30

• :-)) Wonder why "prior approval" instead of "pre-approval." -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 11:15:23

• Honestly, I'm not sure. I'll ask if I get a chance....:)) -老林子里的夏天- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 11:54:52

• 像俺这种消化能力比较差的，或许APAW比较合适。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 11:54:51

• 所以，如果实在太恨一个人了，可考虑对他泼一盆冰水，不用动刀子。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 11:52:22

• Not quite getting it but "Don't hate your enemy"TheGodfather -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 12:40:52

• because "It clouds your judgment." -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 15:39:07