as it were
as it were
as one might say; as could be said. (Sometimes used to qualify an assertion that may not sound reasonable.)
He carefully constructed, as it were, a huge submarine sandwich.
The Franklins live in a small and, as it were, exquisite house.
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- A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
- add up to the same thing
- a drug on the market
- a foothold (somewhere)
- again
- against so or sth
- agitate against so or sth
- a greasy spoon
- ain't got a lick of sense
- (all) in one breath
- a lucky break
- Am I glad to see you!
- an elegant sufficiency
- a (nervous) breakdown
- An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
- an inside job
- an in (with so)
- an itch for sth
- an itching palm
- an inkling (of sth)
- An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper.
