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Meaning of as they say | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

A vague invocation of popular convention when introducing a phrase or expression, which may be accompanied by attribution to a source or locale in which the phrase or expression is used.

Equivalents

Deutsch wie man so schön sagt
Français comme dirait l'autre comme on dit
Polski jak to mówią
Русский как говорится

Examples

“It takes one to know one, as they say.”
“C'est la vie, as they say in France.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

as useful as a chocolate teapot as you do as you have brewed, so you must drink as you make your bed, so you must lie in it as you sow, so shall you reap as-

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