Sentences with phrase «become old wives tales»

Some have become old wives tales.

Not exact matches

This old wives tale is only partially based in truth, and this misconception can lead you to becoming pregnant sooner than you may want.

In this world, the old wives» tale of storks delivering bouncing bundles of joy is real history, though the birds have been relegated to delivering packages for CornerStore.com after one became too attached to a baby.

Contrary to the old wives» tale, our pets mouths have a lot of germs in them and saliva does not heal wounds — instead it becomes a source of infection.

One of the theories behind this old wives» tale is that by the time the cat has licked the butter off its paws it will have become less nervous about its new surroundings.