old wives' tale
noun[C]
uk/ˌəʊld ˈwaɪvzˌteɪl/us/ˌoʊld ˈwaɪvzˌteɪl/apieceofadviceor atheory, oftenrelatedtomattersofhealth, that wasbelievedin the past but is nowknownto bewrong
（常指健康方面）不科学的陈腐说法；无稽之谈Giving advice
- (a) word to the wiseidiom
- advice column
- advice columnist
- advisability
- adviser
- agony aunt
- agony uncle
- backseat driver
- bum steer
- clinic
- consultant
- consulting
- counsel
- counselling
- handler
- hold a clinicidiom
- lifestyle manager
- talk some sense into sbidiom
- waste
- would