A saying is a sentence that people often say and that gives advice or information about human life and experience.
We also realize the truth of that old saying: Charity begins at home.
Her favourite saying was: 'There are a lot of people far worse off than me.'
Synonyms: proverb, maxim, adage, saw [old-fashioned] More Synonyms of saying
2. countable noun [usually plural]
The sayings of a person, especially a religious or political leader, are important things that they said or pieces of advice that they gave.
The sayings of Confucius offer guidance on this matter. [+ of]
saying in British English
(ˈseɪɪŋ)
noun
a maxim, adage, or proverb
saying in American English
(ˈseɪɪŋ)
noun
1.
the act of one who says
2.
something said; esp., an adage, proverb, or maxim
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈsaying
SYNONYMY NOTE: saying is the simple, direct term for any pithy expression of wisdom or truth; a , saw2 is an old, homely saying that is well worn by repetition [the preacher filled his sermon with wise saws]; a maxim is a general principle drawn from practical experience and serving as a rule of conduct(Ex.: “Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee”); an , adage is a saying that has been popularly accepted over a long period of time (Ex.: “Wherethere's smoke, there's fire”); a , proverb is a piece of practical wisdom expressed in homely, concrete terms (Ex.: “A pennysaved is a penny earned”); a , motto is a maxim accepted as a guiding principle or as an ideal of behavior (Ex.: “Honestyis the best policy”); an , aphorism is a terse saying embodying a general, more or less profound truth or principle (Ex.:“He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom”); an , epigram is a terse, witty, pointed statement that gains its effect by ingenious antithesis(Ex.: “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it”)
More idioms containing
saying
it goes without saying
COBUILD Collocations
saying
old saying
Examples of 'saying' in a sentence
saying
He does recall being presented with a compendium of his most famous sayings.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The old saying warns us not to let a crisis go to waste.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
No man is a hero to his valet, so the saying goes.
The Sun (2010)
Nice guys finish last, as the saying goes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You tell a gelding but you ask a mare, as the old horsey saying has it.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Know your enemy, the saying goes.
Christianity Today (2000)
Good fences make good neighbours, so the old saying goes.
The Sun (2006)
History repeats itself, as the saying goes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
As the saying goes, to thine own self be true.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
As the saying goes, comedy really is the hardest thing of all.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In effect, what these changes have done is to transform the famous old saying about lenders and borrowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
What is said in team meetings stays in team meetings, to adapt the famous saying about life on tour.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
To paraphrase the famous saying about individuals acting as their own solicitors, the patient who treats himself has a fool for a doctor.
Kowalski, Robert E The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)
And it's great to have folk sayings in life like'Who sat on my chair?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is, as the old saying goes, no place like home.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
Still, as the old saying goes, they all count.
The Sun (2013)
It brings to mind that old saying: 'Be careful what you wish for.
The Sun (2013)
But as the old saying goes, the front man plays well, the team plays well.
The Sun (2012)
In other languages
saying
British English: saying /ˈseɪɪŋ/ NOUN
A saying is a traditional sentence that people often say and that gives advice or information about life.
We now realize the truth of that old saying: Charity begins at home.
American English: saying
Arabic: قَوْل
Brazilian Portuguese: ditado popular
Chinese: 说法
Croatian: izreka
Czech: rčení
Danish: talemåde
Dutch: gezegde
European Spanish: dicho
Finnish: sanonta
French: expression
German: Sprichwort
Greek: ρητό
Italian: detto
Japanese: ことわざ
Korean: 말하기
Norwegian: ordtak
Polish: powiedzenie
European Portuguese: ditado popular
Romanian: proverb
Russian: высказывание
Latin American Spanish: dicho
Swedish: ordspråk
Thai: สุภาษิต
Turkish: deyim
Ukrainian: приказка
Vietnamese: tục ngữ
All related terms of 'saying'
say
When you say something, you speak words.
naysay
a refusal or denial
soothsay
to predict the future
old saying
A saying is a sentence that people often say and that gives advice or information about human life and experience.
go without saying
to be so obvious as to need no explanation
goes without saying
If something goes without saying , it is obvious .
it goes without saying
said to mean that something is so obvious that it does not need to be said or explained
that goes without saying
that is obvious or self-evident
Chinese translation of 'saying'
saying
(ˈseɪɪŋ)
n(c)
格言 (géyán) (句, jù)
Seesaid
All related terms of 'saying'
say
( utter ) 说(說) shuō ⇒ I couldn't understand what they were saying. → 我不明白他们在说什么。 Wǒ bù míngbai tāmen zài shuō shénme.
in saying this
通过(過)这(這)么(麼)一说(說) tōngguò zhème yī shuō
it goes without saying
这(這)不消说(說) zhè bùxiāo shuō
that goes without saying
那自不消说(說) nà zì bùxiāo shuō
well, as I was saying ...
那么(麼)，像我刚(剛)才所说(說)的 ... nàme, xiàng wǒ gāngcái suǒ shuō de ...