along the lines of

English

Preposition

along the lines of

1. Similar to, but not exactly equal.

   I was thinking along the lines of writing to the local paper, to see if we can get some reaction.

   • 2022 September 7, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 965, page 71:

     "The railman on the platform, whom I knew well, looked a bit bemused and asked what I was doing. Thinking it a silly question, I said something along the lines of 'what do you think? I'm going home to bed'.
     "He then said 'but you don't live here anymore'.

Synonyms

• on the lines of

Translations

similar to but not exactly equal

• Arabic: عَلَى غِرَار (ar) (ʕalā ḡirār)

  Egyptian Arabic: زي (zai)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 這類的／这类的 (zhè lèi de), 類似的／类似的 (zh) (lèisì de)

• Finnish: siihen suuntaan, että (fi)
• Hungarian: olyasmi (hu), -féle (hu), -szerű (hu)
• Polish: w stylu
• Serbo-Croatian: na pravcu (idiom), u smislu da (idiom)
• Swedish: i stil med

See also

• to the effect of

References

• “along the lines of”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.