as the saying goes

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Phrase

as the saying goes

1. Used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc.

   Synonyms: as they say, so they say

   Near-synonym: you know what they say

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

     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 terror.

Translations

said as a lead to a proverb or similar

• Arabic: كما يقول المثل
• Catalan: com diu la dita
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俗話說 / 俗话说 (zh) (súhuàshuō), 古諺有云 (gǔyànyǒuyún)

• Finnish: sanotaan, että (fi) (before), kuten sanotaan (before or after)
• French: comme dit le proverbe, comme on dit (fr), comme dirait l’autre
• German: wie das Sprichwort sagt
• Irish: mar a deir an seanfhocal
• Italian: come dice il detto
• Korean: 속담에도 있듯이 (sokdamedo itdeusi)
• Persian: به قول معروف (be qowl-e ma'ruf)
• Polish: jak to się mówi
• Portuguese: como diz o ditado
• Russian: как говори́тся, ... (kak govorítsja, ...)
• Spanish: como dice el dicho, es un decir
• Swedish: som det heter
• Tagalog: ikanga
• Ukrainian: як то кажуть (jak to kažutʹ)