as the saying goes en · X
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc.
Near-synonym: you know what they say
The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
Synonyms
as they say · you know what they say · so they say
Translations (26)
ga mar a deir an seanfhocal (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · fi sanotaan (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · fi kuten sanotaan (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · fr comme dirait l'autre (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · es voy al decir (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · tl ikanga (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · ca com diu la dita (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · cmn 古諺有云 (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · es como dice el dicho (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · ar كما يقول المثل (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · ru как говори́тся (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · sv som det heter (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · fr comme dit le proverbe (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · fa به قول معروف (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · fr comme on dit (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · pt como diz o ditado (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · ko 속담에도 있듯이 (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · es es un decir (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · es vamos al decir (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · uk як то кажуть (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · cmn 俗話說 /俗话说 (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · ru ... (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · it come dice il detto (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · fi että (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · de wie das Sprichwort sagt (said as a lead to a proverb or similar) · pl jak to się mówi (said as a lead to a proverb or similar)