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1. saying
noun. ['ˈseɪɪŋ'] a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.
Synonyms
- axiom
- agrapha
- sumpsimus
- phrase
- Beatitude
- expression
- logion
- speech communication
- maxim
- spoken communication
- ambiguity
- dysphemism
- calque
- idiomatic expression
- anatomical reference
- phrasal idiom
- slogan
- voice communication
- spoken language
- oral communication
- southernism
- anatomical
- loan translation
- shibboleth
- idiom
- quip
- saw
- shucks
- set phrase
- advice and consent
- euphemism
- proverb
- tongue twister
- locution
- speech
- language
- epigram
- catchword
- adage
- calque formation
- motto
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ing (English)
- -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
- say (English)
- saie (English)
Rhymes with Saying
- portraying
- overplaying
- displaying
- disobeying
- replaying
- prepaying
- nonpaying
- dismaying
- crocheting
- conveying
- betraying
- surveying
- straying
- spraying
- repaying
- purveying
- delaying
- decaying
- buffeting
- swaying
- staying
- slaying
- preying
- praying
- playing
- obeying
- greying
- graying
- fraying
- allaying
Sentences with saying
1. Noun, singular or mass
As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
2. Verb, gerund or present participle
Introduce the vocabulary and have students practice saying the word by repeating it after you.
Quotes about saying
1. I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
- Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
2. Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
- Boris Pasternak
3. I'm quite a confident person in many ways, but there's only so much you can hear about being compared to Hattie Jacques. For the record, she was a comedy goddess, but she was 25 stone. I hope I'm right in saying I'm not in any way nearly 25 stone.
- Miranda Hart
