как говорится

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaɡ ɡəvɐˈrʲit͡sːə]

Phrase

как говори́тся • (kak govorítsja)

  1. as they say
    • 1867, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “XI”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:
      Они́ про́сто не зна́ли, куда́ де́ться, и, попа́в на кварти́ру Литви́нова, как говори́тся, «застря́ли» в ней.
      Oní prósto ne ználi, kudá détʹsja, i, popáv na kvartíru Litvínova, kak govorítsja, «zastrjáli» v nej.
      They simply did not know what to do with themselves, and having got into Litvinov's lodgings they 'stuck' there, as they say.
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