"ancient saying" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use "ancient saying" when referring to a proverb, expression, or saying that has been around for many years. For example: "As the ancient saying goes, 'A stitch in time saves nine.'".
"Ars longa," the ancient saying goes, "vita brevis".
Judith Mackinlay Manchester Could not Oriel College's controversial statue (Report, 13 January) be quietly and circuitously relocated to the home of Opera North, thus confirming the ancient saying that all Rhodes roam to Leeds?
The name Sword & Plough originates from the ancient saying "to turn swords into plough shares" -- in other words, taking military materials and applying them for civilian use.
He is among the names of the kings who according to an ancient saying, were avenged by the slaying of Penda in 654.
There is an ancient saying, "Man, know yourself!" and as we work towards knowing ourselves we become much more aware of our motives.
"The anniversary makes me feel fucking ancient," says the show's co-creator, Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker.
"The connection between war and crime is unfortunately very ancient," said Dr. Shay, the V.A. psychiatrist and author.
"These pipelines were built under codes that were ancient," said Evan Vokes, an industry whistle-blower who worked for the pipeline builder TransCanada until 2012.
"The live oaks are hundreds of years old and in tree language that's ancient," said Marjorie Gowdy, the museum's director.
"It makes me feel very ancient," said Ms. Marting, the executive director of Here, the multidisciplinary arts space in the South Village.
Although mice are not people, the basic mechanisms of memory formation in mammals are evolutionarily ancient, said Edvard I. Moser, a neuroscientist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, who studies spatial memory and navigation and was not part of Dr. Tonegawa's team.
