saying

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++say·ing /ˈseɪ-ɪŋ/ ●●○ noun [countable]  SAYINGa well-known short statement that expresses an idea most people believe is true and wise 格言，谚语，警句 SYN proverb You can’t judge a book by its cover, as the old saying goes. 老话说得好，人不可貌相。► see thesaurus at phrase

Examples from the Corpus

saying• How many times have we heard the famous saying, 'Physician heal thyself'?• 'You're only as old as you feel' -- that's one of my favourite sayings.• To paraphrase an old saying, the water has to be there for the horse to be able to drink.• The more often you play the flute, the better you'll get. Remember the old saying, practice makes perfect.• Known for his quirky sayings, Kahn taught his pupils always to ask the building what it wanted to be.• What followed, as the saying goes, shook the world.• Like father, like son, as the saying goes -- by the time Tim was eight, he was already a budding entrepreneur.• So one thing, as the saying goes, led to another.• Think about these sayings which predict the weather and any other sayings you can collect from your family and friends.• These sayings have direct reference to the existence of scale and levels of being both in man and in the Cosmos.• However, like that about poverty, this saying talks about mourning in a spiritual sense.• If you're looking for a reason, goes one of Balloonland's wisest sayings, then apply your own pin.

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saying
say‧ing /ˈseɪ-ɪŋ/ noun [countable]
a well-known short statement that expresses an idea most people believe is true and wise
   SYN  proverb:
    You can’t judge a book by its cover, as the old saying goes.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ phrase a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together, or which someone uses on a particular occasion: What was the phrase he used to describe her? | I’ve never heard of the phrase before. | The President often used the phrase ‘War on terror’.
   ▪ expression a fixed phrase which is used in a language and has a particular meaning: a colloquial expression (=an informal expression used in everyday spoken language) | The old-fashioned expression ‘in the family way’ means pregnant. | a common English expression | I was absolutely knackered, if you’ll pardon the expression (=used when you think someone might be offended by the words you have used).
   ▪ idiom a group of words that has a special meaning which you cannot guess from the meanings of each separate word: ‘Under the weather’ is an idiom which means ‘ill’.
   ▪ cliché a phrase that is boring and no longer original because people use it a lot: The phrase ‘at the end of the day’ has become a real cliché. | There is some truth in the old cliché that time is a great healer.
   ▪ saying/proverb a well-known phrase that gives advice about life: Do you know the saying ‘A problem shared is a problem halved’? | There is an old Chinese proverb which states ‘A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step’.
   ▪ slogan a short phrase that is easy to remember, especially one that is used in advertising: advertising slogans | Protesters were shouting anti-government slogans.
   ▪ motto a phrase that expresses a person’s or organization’s beliefs and aims: The school motto was ‘Truth and Honour’.

say·ingBrE /ˈseɪɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈseɪɪŋ/ 🔊 nouna well-known phrase or statement that expresses sth about life that most people believe is wise and true 谚语；格言；警句◆'Accidents will happen', as the saying goes. 常言道：“意外事，总难免。”🔊🔊