英语词汇“as they say”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. as they say: used parenthetically to indicate that a form of words is a proverb, a hackneyed or commonplace expression, or a piece of jargon or technical term.

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1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. a7^v As they saye [L. ut aiunt], we vse not fyre or water in moo places, than we vse frendship.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. Iii This byteth the mare by the thumbe, as they sey.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iv. sig. Eee.v^v/2 Thou arte..foreknowledged, as they say, to damnation.

1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 70 This huge Olive, which flourishd so long,..fell, as they say, of vermiculation, being all worme-eaten within.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 8 And, before George, I grew tory rory, as they say.

1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 209 I lately began to read Seneca's Epistles, and stumbled, as they say, at the very Threshold.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 96 Stout horses and willing minds make short journies, as they say.

1813 J. K. Paulding Diverting Hist. John Bull & Brother Jonathan (1835) xix. 87 He..was between hawk and buzzard, as they say.

1883 Longman's Mag. 2 293 A very cheerful..gentleman..who was talking away to me, nineteen to the dozen, as they say.

1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xxii. 321 Ernest, as they say, ‘saw red’.

1977 J. Thomson Case Closed iii. 43 Water under the bridge, as they say.

1999 Washingtonian May 57/3 The happiest outcome is that a deer..can be tranquilized (‘tranked’, as they say in the trade) and set free.

2010 Independent 4 June 53/4 He met a potter who was selling his business and..decided to buy it and learn the trade. And the rest, as they say, is history.

单词	as they say
释义	> as lemmas as they say a. as they say: used parenthetically to indicate that a form of words is a proverb, a hackneyed or commonplace expression, or a piece of jargon or technical term. ΚΠ 1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. a7^v As they saye [L. ut aiunt], we vse not fyre or water in moo places, than we vse frendship. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. Iii This byteth the mare by the thumbe, as they sey. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iv. sig. Eee.v^v/2 Thou arte..foreknowledged, as they say, to damnation. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 70 This huge Olive, which flourishd so long,..fell, as they say, of vermiculation, being all worme-eaten within. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 8 And, before George, I grew tory rory, as they say. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 209 I lately began to read Seneca's Epistles, and stumbled, as they say, at the very Threshold. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 96 Stout horses and willing minds make short journies, as they say. 1813 J. K. Paulding Diverting Hist. John Bull & Brother Jonathan (1835) xix. 87 He..was between hawk and buzzard, as they say. 1883 Longman's Mag. 2 293 A very cheerful..gentleman..who was talking away to me, nineteen to the dozen, as they say. 1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xxii. 321 Ernest, as they say, ‘saw red’. 1977 J. Thomson Case Closed iii. 43 Water under the bridge, as they say. 1999 Washingtonian May 57/3 The happiest outcome is that a deer..can be tranquilized (‘tranked’, as they say in the trade) and set free. 2010 Independent 4 June 53/4 He met a potter who was selling his business and..decided to buy it and learn the trade. And the rest, as they say, is history. extracted from sayv.¹int. < as lemmas
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