| 词汇 | as the saying goes |
| 词源 | as the saying goes. This common saying has been traced back to George Farquhar’s play The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707), in which the landlord Boniface consistently utters, “As the saying is . . .” before his every phrase. Over the years Boniface’s words became as the saying goes. |
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