I am looking for an idiom for telling "Classic is good.".
The term "Classic is good" by itself tells what I want actually, but I want a more intense saying instead.
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Sign up to join this communityI am looking for an idiom for telling "Classic is good.".
The term "Classic is good" by itself tells what I want actually, but I want a more intense saying instead.
What about:
You can't go wrong with classic, as a general statement. It could be used in sentences like:
They don't make them how they used to.
Your comment is really key to any meaningful answer:
...the real context is my girlfriend bought a new pair of shoes and said that they are too classic and boring. And I wanted to tell that "Classic is best"...
So the real question here is one of following the latest trends vs. maintaining a timeless classic style.
While not exactly an idiom, the most famous quote related to this would be
which has been bastardized several ways in modern times:
Fashions come and go, but style goes on forever.
and
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
I'd to for a good old "good old". It it is old and yet still good, that implies that it is timeless, or if you will - a classic.