saying
/ˈseɪɪŋ
/noun
1A short, pithy, commonly known expression which generally offers advice or wisdom.Often a pithy saying or proverb has been written in the chosen script beside the alphabet....
- I mean we have a common saying in paediatrics that up until about six years of age your child will have six to eight viral infections a year.
- I'll finish with a saying I like to use in all of my motivational speeches: Challenges are inevitable.
Synonyms
proverb, maxim, aphorism, axiom, adage, saw, tag, motto, precept, epigram, epigraph, dictum, gnome, pearl of wisdom;
expression, phrase, formula;
slogan, catchphrase;
platitude, cliché, commonplace, truism
rare apophthegm
1.1 (sayings) A collection of short, pithy expressions identified with a particular person, especially a political or religious leader: this is stated in the sayings of the Prophet...
- Many of the country's laws are based on the Koran and the Hadith, a collection of Mohammed's sayings.
- Of course, Islamic economists can also draw upon the recorded sayings of Muhammed, which are summarized in the 19 volume Encyclopedia of Hadith.
- Also uncovered in the papyri were a fragment of collected sayings of Jesus - ‘a sort of greatest hits’ - and a book of quotations by the Son of God.
Phrases
as (or so) the saying goes (or is)