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as the fella says

as the fella says phrase: as the saying goes; as someone once said, invoking the wisdom of the common man on the street.

Phrase

as the fella says

  1. (informal) As the saying goes; as someone once said, invoking the wisdom of the common man on the street.

Forms of as the fella says

alternative formas the fella said

Questions about as the fella says

What does as the fella says mean?
As the fella says means as the saying goes; as someone once said, invoking the wisdom of the common man on the street.
What part of speech is as the fella says?
As the fella says is a phrase.

Words near as the fella says in the dictionary

  1. as the bishop said to the actress
  2. as the case may be
  3. as the crow flies
  4. as the day is long
  5. as the fella said
  6. as the fella says
  7. as the gull flies
  8. as the man said
  9. as the man says
  10. as the mountain could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain
  11. as the next

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