Blood is thicker than water

Cultural  

1. Our loyalty to our family — that is, to our blood relations — is strong no matter how we may feel about them.

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blood is thicker than water Idioms  

1. Family ties are closer than other relationships. For example, Nancy will drop everything to help her sister; blood is thicker than water. Alluding to the fact that water evaporates without leaving a mark whereas blood leaves a stain, this proverb was first recorded about 1412.

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Example Sentences

They say blood is thicker than water, but in some cases, not even that can guarantee a complimentary reference.

From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2020

My sister believes in the sanctity of family, that blood is thicker than water.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2020

"But blood is thicker than water, and later on when I visited them I found that they welcomed me. My two kids now stay with my mother."

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2019

The strategy had resonance, since blood provides so many of our metaphors about family: blood ties, blood relations, blood is thicker than water, and so on.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

Well, well," said Mr. Jarvie, "after all, blood is thicker than water.

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir