The Clue
Old sayings (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SAWS
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Notes
The answer SAWS is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
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Adages
Aphorisms
Bromides
Cuts
Maxims
Proverbs
Coping mechanisms?
Cutting maxims?
Cutting tools
Familiar truths
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Fiddles badly
Processes lumber
Tools with teeth
Tooth holders
Toothed tools
Toothy ones
Trunk openers?
Wood cutters
___ wood (snores)
Words of wisdom
Hack and rip followers
Hardware store section
Often-told truths
What fellers need
"Let sleeping dogs lie" and others
They can go into the grain
They go back and forth in the woods
They go back and forth to work
They may be big fellers
Definition
SAW as a noun:
1. (proverb, adage, saw, byword) = a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
2. hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
3. (power saw, saw, sawing machine) = a power tool for cutting wood
SAW as a verb:
1. cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"