blood is thicker than water en · X
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(idiomatic, qualifier:family) Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.
The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!
c. 1915, Lucy Fitch Perkins, chapter 5, in The Scotch Twins:You know blood is thicker than water / But you just want everyone to get along
2019 March 6, “Binary Star”, in Benjamin and mpi (lyrics), SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] (music), R∃/MEMBER, performed by Uru, Sacra Music, →vgmdb: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?
1865 May 15 – 1866 January 1, Anthony Trollope, “Mary Belton”, in The Belton Estate. […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published December 1865 (indicated as 1866), →OCLC, page 201:
Translations (45)
arz الدم عُمره ما يبقى مَيَّة (relationships are stronger within the family) · gd is fhaisge a' ghlùn na an uileann (relationships are stronger within the family) · sh кр̑в није во̀да (relationships are stronger within the family) · fi veri on vettä sakeampaa (relationships are stronger within the family) · sk krv nie je voda (relationships are stronger within the family) · bg кръвта вода не става (relationships are stronger within the family) · da blod er tykkere end vand (relationships are stronger within the family) · sq gjaku nuk bëhet ujë (relationships are stronger within the family) · yue 血濃於水 /血浓于水 (relationships are stronger within the family) · de Blut ist dicker als Wasser (relationships are stronger within the family) · cs krev není voda (relationships are stronger within the family) · ga gach díograis go deireadh (relationships are stronger within the family) · fr bon sang ne saurait mentir (relationships are stronger within the family) · ro sângele apă nu se face (relationships are stronger within the family) · gd thèid dùthchas an aghaidh nan creag (relationships are stronger within the family) · tl mas matimbang ang dugo kaysa tubig (relationships are stronger within the family) · sl kri ni voda (relationships are stronger within the family) · sq s'bëhet gjaku ujë (relationships are stronger within the family) · hu a vér nem válik vízzé (relationships are stronger within the family) · th เลือดข้นกว่าน้ำ (relationships are stronger within the family) · fr bon sang ne peut mentir (relationships are stronger within the family) · cy nes penelin nag arddwrn (relationships are stronger within the family) · nb blod er tykkere enn vann (relationships are stronger within the family) · vi một giọt máu đào hơn ao nước lã (relationships are stronger within the family) · sv blod är tjockare än vatten (relationships are stronger within the family) · pt o sangue é mais grosso que a água (relationships are stronger within the family) · mk крв не е вода (relationships are stronger within the family) · cy mae gwaed yn dewach na dŵr (relationships are stronger within the family) · gd 's e a leanabh fhèin as luaithe a bhaisteas an sagart (relationships are stronger within the family) · cmn 血濃於水 /血浓于水 (relationships are stronger within the family) · el το αίμα νερό δεν γίνεται (relationships are stronger within the family) · sh kȓv nije vòda (relationships are stronger within the family) · nl bloed is dikker dan water (relationships are stronger within the family) · pl krew nie woda (relationships are stronger within the family) · nn blod er tjukkare enn vatn (relationships are stronger within the family) · it il sangue non è acqua (relationships are stronger within the family) · ja 血は水よりも濃い (relationships are stronger within the family) · fr la voix du sang est la plus forte (relationships are stronger within the family) · es la sangre tira (relationships are stronger within the family) · ko 피는 물보다 진하다 (relationships are stronger within the family) · ms air dicincang tidak akan putus (relationships are stronger within the family) · gd is tighe fuil na bùrn (relationships are stronger within the family) · gd is tiugha fuil na uisge (relationships are stronger within the family) · ga is fearr beagán den ghaol ná mórán den charthanas (relationships are stronger within the family) · hy արյունը ջուր չի դառնա (relationships are stronger within the family)