(isim) demişler, derler ya, atasözü der ki

Turkish - English

Definition of (isim) demişler, derler ya, atasözü der ki in Turkish English dictionary

as the saying goes

Used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc

The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.

as the proverb says, as the phrase goes (directs to some kind of familiar wisdom or aphorism that tries to use folk wisdom in support of a present occurrence)

Hyphenation

(i·sim) de·miş·ler, der·ler ya, a·ta·sö·zü der ki