Meanings
- Synonym of time heals all wounds.
She pressed my arm. “Time heals all hurts,” she said, “and some day you will find a woman worthy of you, if such a one exists.”
1930, Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Fighting Man of Mars, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, Inc., published 1931, page 2112 more examples
However, it is a true saying that time heals all hurts, and so it was with Jack Grosvenor, for it came to pass that when the first soreness was over Fred induced Jack to pay them another visit before he took his bride back to the bush, […]
1883 February 1, The Australian Woman's Magazine and Domestic Journal, volume 1, number 2, page 332She also assures Jacob that time heals all hurts. The day will come when Esau's seething will dissipate, and the scenario with Jacob and Esau will become only part of Esau's distant past.
1995 September 26, Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 18-50, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, →ISBN, page 89Synonyms: time heals all wounds
Synonyms & antonyms
proverbSynonym of time heals all wounds.
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