you know what they say en · X
Meanings
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Used to introduce, or alluding to, an apt adage.
Near-synonym: as the saying goes
You know what they say about men with big feet, don't ya?" A man in back smirked at me. I really didn't know what to say. I had heard the saying about men with big feet were supposed to be well hung, but I had no idea what would happen if I said something.
2007, Katherine D. Bennett, Forever One:You know what they say about fish and company. After three days, you start to stink. -- but after three decades of Hosni Mubarak, the stench has become unbearable.
2011 January 30, Sherry Jones, “Opinion: What I Saw In Egypt”, in AOL News, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2011:
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