saying
['seiiŋ]
n. 谚语, 俗话, 格言
动词say的现在分词
例句与用法：
What you're saying now is not consistent with what you said last week.
你现在说的话与上星期你说的不相符。
I could hear what he was saying on the phone through the partition.
我能隔着墙听见他在电话里说了些什么。
Saying is one thing, and doing is another.
说是一回事，做又是另一回事。
Fancy her saying a thing like that!
想不到他竟然说出这种话来。
You are just saying that.
你只是说说而已。
Saying and doing should agree with each other.
言行应该一致。
"More haste, less speed", as the saying goes.
常言道，“欲速则不达”。
n.
1. 说话, 发表言论[U]
Saying and doing are two things.
说和做是两回事。
2. 话, 言论[C]
He often quotes the sayings of Kant.
他常引用康德的话。
3. 格言, 警句, 谚语[C]
短语词组：
to go without saying
1. 不待言
It goes without saying that he is a very sincere person.
不用说, 他是一位非常诚实的人。
saying
名词复数：sayings
词义辨析：
同义参见:
saw2
expression
quotation
proverb
precept
motto
maxim
sayingsaying[ˈseiiŋ]n.1.■话; 言语2.■俗话; 成语; 格言; 谚语; 口头禅Saying and doing should agree with each other.言行应该一致。
noun
- a short, pithy, commonly-known expression which generally offers advice or wisdom
格言，警句
■(sayings)a collection of such expressions identified with a particular person, especially a political or religious leader
（尤指政治或宗教名人的）格言集
as (或 so) the saying goes (或 is)
- used to introduce or append an expression, drawing attention to its status as a saying or as not part of one's normal language
俗话说，常言道
I am, as the saying goes, burnt out.
我，正像俗话说的，已筋疲力尽了。
saying
名词 saying:
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
同义词：expression, locution
动词 say:
express in words
report or maintain
express a supposition
have or contain a certain wording or form
state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
同义词：say
utter aloud
同义词：say
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
同义词：pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
recite or repeat a fixed text
同义词：say
communicate or express nonverbally
同义词：say
indicate
同义词：say
saying
■It is better to do well than to say well.
[谚]与其夸夸其谈，不如埋头苦干。
■It goes without saying that our plans depend on the weather.
不消说，我们的计划取决于天气如何。
■Needless to say, he came late as usual.
不用说他照例来得很晚。
■Needless to say, he kept his promise.
不用说，他信守了他的诺言。
■It goes without saying that home is the warmest place in the world.
不用说，家是世界上最温暖的地方。
■It goes without saying that money can not buy anything.
不用说，金钱无法买到一切。
■No matter what happened, I will not say a word.
不管发生什么事我一句话也不说。
■No matter who may say so, it is not true.
不管谁这样说都不是真的。
■That is to say, we must win this game.
也就是说，我们必须赢的这场比赛。
■Does it matter to you what people say?
人们说什么对你重要吗？
■People say that the tiger is still lurk close to.
人们说那只老虎还躲在附近。
■They say we're going to have a hot summer.
人家说今年夏天很热。
■He just walk out on his wife and family without saying a word.
他一句话也没说就遗弃了妻子和儿女。
■He will of course say yes to my proposal.
他一定会同意我的建议的。
■He won't defend us; he can't say boo to a goose.
他不会帮我们说话的，他胆子很小(对一只鹅也不敢嘘一声)。
■He wouldn't say rude things about her to her face.
他不会当着她的面说关于她的粗鲁话。
■He began his prologue by saying "good night".
他以“晚上好”开始了他的开场白。
■Nothing they say could faze him.
他们说什麽都烦扰不了他。
■He just dug out, without saying where he was going.
他只是匆匆忙忙走了，没说要去哪里。
■He doesn't like anything I do or say.
他对我所说的所做的一概不喜欢。
■He has been squared to say nothing.
他已被收买，什麽也不说。
■He'll probably say no, though it's worth trying.
他很可能不同意，但不妨去试探一下。
■He shook his head as if to say no.
他摇摇头好象在说不。
■He has an unerring knack of saying the wrong thing.
他有个出言必失的本领。
■He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.
他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
■He has an unfortunate aptitude for saying the wrong thing.
他有失言的倒霉本事。
■He doesn't give two pins for what the critics say about his work.
他毫不在乎别人对他作品的批评。
■He skipped off without saying anything to any of us.
他没有对我们任何人说什么话就匆匆离开了。
■He didn't say anything to the point.
他没有说出什么很中肯的东西。
■He eyed his accuser levelly without saying anything.
他漠然地看着指责他的人，一句话也不说。
■He didn't even bother to say thank you.
他甚至连说一声谢谢都不肯。
■Did he have the nerve to say that?
他竟有脸说这话吗？
■He practiced saying his speech over until he was letter-perfect.
他练习背诵自己的演说稿，直到把它完全记熟。
■He can say the whole of the English Bible by rote.
他能把整本英语《圣经》硬背出来。
■He should at least have come to say good-by.
他至少也该来道个别(然而却没来)。
■He had to support his seven children, to say nothing of his wife and parents.
他要养活自己的七个孩子，更不必说还有妻子和父母了。
■What did he say in explanation of his stupid behavior?
他说了什么来解释他那愚蠢的行为？
■He cried off after saying he would help us.
他说他会帮我们的，后来却打了退堂鼓。
■It ill beseems him to say such things.
他说出这种话是很不得当的。
■He do not even say "sorry" when he step on my toe.
他踩了我的脚连＂对不起＂也不说一声。
■He flung off without saying goodbye.
他连再见都没说就气冲冲地走了。
■It was crude of him to say that.
他那样说太粗鲁了。
■You're very full of yourself today, I must say.
你今天太自以为是了，我不得不说出来。
■Stop your useless chatter and listen to what Roy is saying.
你们的闲谈停一停，听听罗伊说什麽。
■You'll just have to take what I say on trust.
你只管相信我说的话就是了。
■You're at liberty to say what you like.
你尽可畅所欲言。
■How do you have the brass to say that?
你怎么有脸那么说呢？
■What you are saying is blasphemy!
你所说的话是对上帝的亵渎！
■It was dishonest of you not to say so.
你没有这样说是不诚实的。
■What you say is true in a sense.
你的话在某种意义上属实。
to go without saying
1. 不待言
It goes without saying that he is a very sincere person.
不用说, 他是一位非常诚实的人。
习惯用语As the saying is [goes]1.■俗话说; 常言道It goes without saying that ...1.■不言而喻hardsaying1.■难以理解的话2.■难于做到的格言there is no saying1.■很难说, 没法知道Saying and doing are two things.1.■[谚]说与做是两回事。