"as the saying goes" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} as the saying goes
  1. Used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc. Related terms: you know what they say Translations (said as a lead to a proverb or similar): كما يقول المثل (Arabic), com diu la dita (Catalan), 俗話說 (Chinese Mandarin), 俗话说 (súhuàshuō) (Chinese Mandarin), 古諺有云 (gǔyànyǒuyún) (Chinese Mandarin), sanotaan (Finnish), että (note: before) (Finnish), kuten sanotaan (note: before or after) (Finnish), comme dit le proverbe (French), comme on dit (French), comme dirait l’autre (French), wie das Sprichwort sagt (German), mar a deir an seanfhocal (Irish), come dice il detto (Italian), 속담에도 있듯이 (sokdamedo itdeusi) (Korean), jak to się mówi (Polish), como diz o ditado (Portuguese), как говори́тся (Russian), ... (kak govorítsja, ...) (Russian), como dice el dicho (Spanish), es un decir (Spanish), som det heter (Swedish), ikanga (Tagalog), як то кажуть (jak to kažutʹ) (Ukrainian)

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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
          "word": "come dice il detto"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
          "word": "속담에도 있듯이"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
          "word": "jak to się mówi"
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          "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
          "word": "como diz o ditado"
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      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
      "word": "comme dirait l’autre"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
      "word": "wie das Sprichwort sagt"
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      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
      "word": "mar a deir an seanfhocal"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
      "word": "come dice il detto"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
      "word": "jak to się mówi"
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      "word": "como diz o ditado"
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      "word": "como dice el dicho"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
      "word": "es un decir"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
      "word": "som det heter"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
      "word": "ikanga"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "jak to kažutʹ",
      "sense": "said as a lead to a proverb or similar",
      "word": "як то кажуть"
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