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you know what they say

you know what they say phrase: used to introduce, or alluding to, an apt adage.

Phrase

you know what they say

  1. Used to introduce, or alluding to, an apt adage.
    • Near-synonym: as the saying goes
    • 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

Synonyms of you know what they say

Questions about you know what they say

What does you know what they say mean?
You know what they say means used to introduce, or alluding to, an apt adage.
What part of speech is you know what they say?
You know what they say is a phrase.

Words near you know what they say in the dictionary

  1. you know nothing, Jon Snow
  2. you know something
  3. you know what
  4. you know what I mean
  5. you know what I'm saying
  6. you know what they say
  7. you knows it
  8. you learn something new every day
  9. you lot
  10. you make the bed you lie in
  11. you man

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