Definition
Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.
In Context
- "It seems as though you had come to be so very near to us; and blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?"
- "The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!"
- "You know blood is thicker than water / But you just want everyone to get along"