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as the saying goes

as the saying goes phrase: used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc.

Phrase

as the saying goes

  1. 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...1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

as the saying goes meaning in Tagalog, Arabic and Persian

as the saying goes in Tagalog

said as a lead to a proverb or similar
ikanga

as the saying goes in Arabic

said as a lead to a proverb or similar
كما يقول المثل

as the saying goes in Persian

said as a lead to a proverb or similar
به قول معروف be qowl-e ma'ruf

Synonyms of as the saying goes

Questions about as the saying goes

What does as the saying goes mean?
As the saying goes means used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc.
What is as the saying goes in Tagalog?
As the saying goes in Tagalog is ikanga. See As the saying goes meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is as the saying goes?
As the saying goes is a phrase.

Words near as the saying goes in the dictionary

  1. as the next girl
  2. as the next guy
  3. as the next man
  4. as the next person
  5. as the raven flies
  6. as the saying goes
  7. as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined
  8. as the wind blows
  9. as they come
  10. as they say
  11. as though

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