noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be right in saying/thinking etc
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I think I’m right in saying they once employed 2000 people.
forgive me for asking/saying etc sth ( also forgive my asking/saying etc )
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Forgive me for saying so , but that’s nonsense.
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Forgive my phoning you so late.
I hear what you say/what you’re saying spoken (= used to tell someone that you have listened to their opinion, but do not agree with it )
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I hear what you say, but I don’t think we should rush this decision.
quoted as saying
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A military spokesman was quoted as saying that the border area is now safe.
that’s not saying much (= none of his books is very good )
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It’s the best book he’s written, but that’s not saying much .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fond
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It was small but perfectly formed, as Dudley Moore is fond of saying of himself.
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As football managers are fond of saying , it's early days yet for battler George.
old
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Remember that old saying about living to fight another day?
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To paraphrase an old saying , the water has to be there for the horse to be able to drink.
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There is an old saying that whipping a donkey will do no good if it's running as fast as it can.
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It is an old saying that you can not tell a book by its cover.
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There is an old saying that there are three kinds of intelligence: human, animal and military.
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She was discovering that there was truth in one of showbusiness's most hackneyed old sayings: Fame costs.
■ NOUN
sign
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Your child can have a little sign saying who she is.
voice
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She heard a jolly male voice saying , Something something something means Lots and lots of chocolate beans.
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A voice saying peace, sit at peace, sit at peace.
■ VERB
feel
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I felt absolutely stupid saying that.
go
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That list candidates will be staunch party members goes without saying .
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Non-fiction books, too, it goes without saying , are a good source.
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Thatcher, it almost goes without saying , is opposed to all this.
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It went without saying , of course, that Karen's were impeccable.
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It goes without saying - be very careful.
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That the hanger showed Innovation goes without saying - enter the Oxford and the Harvard again.
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Concentrated, clear meat juice, must, it goes without saying , be added.
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It goes without saying , almost, that you need to be generous with the rabbits you kill.
hear
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I could just hear Mr Rhys saying , Run away. little man, back to your comics!
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What made it worse was I heard people saying what a very good side Spartak were.
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Haven't you ever heard that saying about those who forget history being doomed to repeat it?
keep
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That's what you keep saying .
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I had to keep saying it over and over to myself to believe it.
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As I keep saying , our visual and verbal behaviour is one of our best bodyguards.
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As I keep saying , it's difficult to jump off the merry-go-round once it's in motion.
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They keep saying how cheap everything is.
remember
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I remembered your saying it was a boy.
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She remembered Victorine saying hardly anyone used it any more.
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The other two are twins; aged four, I seem to remember Hugo saying .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I don't mind admitting/telling you/saying etc
be/go on (the) record as saying (that)
if you don't mind my saying so/if you don't mind me asking
it goes without saying (that)
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And it goes without saying that Wild is a Lisztian of the finest order.
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Concentrated, clear meat juice, must, it goes without saying, be added.
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Despite these difficulties, it goes without saying that no book should be ordered unless the price is known.
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Historically it goes without saying that we have used all kinds of nature, and especially animals, for human benefit.
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I think it goes without saying that a rested person is a better person, more able to face life.
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Non-fiction books, too, it goes without saying, are a good source.
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Of course it goes without saying that the aquarium glass must always be perfectly clean for best results.
pardon me for interrupting/asking/saying
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Pardon me for asking, but where did you buy your shoes?
that's not saying much
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Better than Alex O'Neal's offering, but that's not saying much.
without (saying) a word
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He throws himself without a word on to the blanket beside him.
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Jed began to know where Creed wanted to go without a word being uttered.
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Now this woman of endless stories, a teacher, lies without words , waiting to die.
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She turned without a word and walked back to where her friends lay like casualties.
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Sitting down opposite without a word he picked up the glass and emptied the contents down his throat.
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Still without a word Pearl brought Ezra to the tiny kitchen.
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The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words .
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Then she turned and without a word left him and the house, too.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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'You're only as old as you feel' -- that's one of my favourite sayings.
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How many times have we heard the famous saying , 'Physician heal thyself'?
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Like father, like son, as the saying goes -- by the time Tim was eight, he was already a budding entrepreneur.
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The more often you play the flute, the better you'll get. Remember the old saying , practice makes perfect.
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What followed, as the saying goes, shook the world.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, like that about poverty, this saying talks about mourning in a spiritual sense.
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If you're looking for a reason, goes one of Balloonland's wisest sayings, then apply your own pin.
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Known for his quirky sayings, Kahn taught his pupils always to ask the building what it wanted to be.
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So one thing, as the saying goes, led to another.
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These sayings have direct reference to the existence of scale and levels of being both in man and in the Cosmos.
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Think about these sayings which predict the weather and any other sayings you can collect from your family and friends.
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To paraphrase an old saying , the water has to be there for the horse to be able to drink.