proverb · Words worth keeping
Blood is not water!
Blood is not water!
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Blood emphatically distinguished from water gives kinship or shared ties an image of special significance. The short saying values a bond through a familiar contrast.
What the words are saying
The precise traditional context is unverified. A qualified reading does not make biology a guarantee of loyalty or require family ties to override safety, consent or chosen relationships. A useful application considers actual care rather than imposing duties solely through ancestry.
Everyday example
Someone values a family connection while maintaining boundaries and recognising supportive chosen relationships.
When to use it
Use it only as a qualified bond image without biological loyalty rules.
What it does not mean
No guaranteed loyalty or compulsory priority from ancestry is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 915; PDF page 81; collection label: Transylvania Province of Romania
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Transylvania Province of Romania