OXFORD 9000
📚 proverb • entry_id 35235

blood is thicker than water

Meanings (ES + gloss)
la sangre tira
Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.
It seems as though you had come to be so very near to us; and blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?
The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!
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