I read a while ago that the phrase "Blood is thicker than water" used to mean the exact opposite of what it does today. It must have been on Buzzfeed or Cracked or something.

But anyway yeah, nowadays, we consider "blood" to be family and "water" to be friends, acquaintances, etc. So it means "Family over friends".

In the past, however, "blood" used to represent the blood shed beside your fellow soldiers in battle, or the friends you make while in war. "Water" used to represent being baptized, or, in other words, your family who baptized you. So "Blood is thicker than water" used to mean "The bond between friends that you have shed blood with is stronger than the bonds of your family, or who you were baptized to".

I don't know why I thought of that today. It just cracks me up that the meaning has totally flipped.


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