as the saying goes

as the saying goes

English

Phrase

as the saying goes

1. Used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.

Translations

said as a lead to a proverb or similar

Arabic: كما يقول المثل‎ Catalan: com diu la dita Finnish: sanotaan, että (fi) Italian: come dice il detto Korean: 속담에도 있듯이 (sokdamedo itdeusi)

Portuguese: como diz o ditado Russian: как говори́тся, ... (kak govorítsja, ...) Spanish: es un decir Ukrainian: як то кажуть (jak to kažutʹ)