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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

saying ['seɪɪŋ]
  1. 1. noun [c] 格言

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

saying ['seɪŋ] ['seɪɪŋ]
  1. 1. noun 言语陈述
  2. 2. noun 格言谚语俗话名言

Collins English-English Dictionary

saying ['seɪɪŋ]
  1. 1. n a maxim, adage, or proverb

Examples

as the saying goes
俗话说
to unvoice the s in has when saying"has to"
说“has to”时将has中的s清音化
a wise saying
名言
To my great surprise, he walked out without saying a word.
令我吃惊的是,他一句话也没说就走了出去。
Somebody called me from the hospital saying that Carl had a car accident two hours ago.
有人从医院给我打电话,说卡尔两个小时前出了车祸。
After saying those words, he did nothing but add to my anger.
说完这些话,他没怎么样,却让我更生气了。
I begged him to stay, but he left without even saying goodbye.
我乞求他留下来,但他却不辞而别。
We had a big argument yesterday, so I turned my back on him and left without saying goodbye.
昨天我们吵得很凶,所以我没理他,不打招呼就走了。
It is bad of you saying such horrible things about her.
你这么恶毒地说她太不厚道了。
I feel so bad about Jim. Probably I hurt him by saying those words.
我觉得很对不起吉姆。我说的那些话很可能伤到他了。

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