saying
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[edit]Verb
[edit]saying
- present participle and gerund of say
Noun
[edit]saying (plural sayings)
- A proverb or maxim.
- 1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally[1], Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 30:
- There is a Chinese saying: "One who does not know how to smile has no business to be in business." How much truer is this of people engaged in the business of diplomacy!
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
- Garrus: Fist knows you're coming. We'll have a better chance if we all work together.
Wrex: My people have a saying: Seek the enemy of your enemy, and you will find a friend.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:saying.
- (obsolete) That which is said; an utterance.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying,
Howe'er you lean to th' nayward.
Synonyms
[edit]- maxim, proverb, saw, expression
- See also Thesaurus:saying
Translations
[edit]proverb or maxim
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Further reading
[edit]- “saying”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “saying”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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