old wives' tale

Etymology
In this context, the word “wives” means “women” and not “married women,” retaining the original sense of 🇨🇬, which meant “woman” as well as “wife”. The phrase could be a reformation of 🇨🇬 or a calque of, both literally “old women’s story.”

Noun

 * 1) A supposed truth that has been passed down by word of mouth
 * 2) A rumour, myth or superstition; something which is almost certainly untrue, despite acceptance by many.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 迷信的說法
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, akkojen puhe
 * Latin: anīlis fābula, ava
 * Macedonian: бабина деветина


 * Basque: atsokeria, atso-ipuin
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 迷信的說法
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, akkojen puhe
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Norwegian: kjerringsnakk
 * Old English: ealdra cwēna spell
 * Russian: бабьи сказки
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: באָבע־מעשׂה