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in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Italian
Italian
English
English
quanto dice è un nonsenso
what you are saying is nonsense
non dice mai -ce
he never swears
come dice il proverbio
as the saying goes
English
English
Italian
Italian
purportedly
a quanto si dice
bullshitter
chi dice, spara cazzate, contaballe mf
platitudinarian
=persona che dice o scrive banalità
uninformative
che non dice niente, che non dà informazioni
as the saying goes
come si dice
he claims, dubiously, to be ill
dice di essere malato
he is reportedly unharmed
stando a quel che si dice ne è uscito indenne

in the PONS Dictionary

Italian
Italian
English
English
la gente dice …
word has it that …
English
English
Italian
Italian
she is alleged to have stolen the money
si dice che abbia rubato del denaro
his name/face rings a bell
il suo nome/volto mi dice qualcosa
she is said to be a very difficult person
si dice che sia una persona molto difficile
allegedly
a quanto si dice
as the proverb goes …
come dice il proverbio …
as the saying goes
come dice il detto
a henpecked husband
un uomo che fa quel che dice la moglie
contrary to what he says
contrariamente a quanto dice
many a true word is spoken in jest prov
burlando si dice il vero prov

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

chi dice una cosa, chi un'altra
some say one thing; others say another
si dice che sia molto ricco
people say he's very rich
come si dice in inglese?
what's the English for …
un film che non dice nulla fig
a nothing kind of movie
what's Chinese for ‘book’?
come si dice ‘libro’ in cinese?
she is alleged to have stolen the money
si dice che abbia rubato del denaro
to catch sb's drift
cogliere il senso di ciò che qn dice
his name/face rings a bell
il suo nome/volto mi dice qualcosa
she is said to be a very difficult person
si dice che sia una persona molto difficile
to mind one's Ps and Qs
fare attenzione a quello che si dice [o si fa]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Vale per questo proverbio veneto quanto detto dianzi per l'equivalente lombardo.
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I dittéri del dialetto marateaota sono dei proverbi della cultura paesana, che racchiudono la saggezza popolare e contadina.
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Usavano vecchi detti e proverbi ma non si spostavano mai su temi culturali e di attualità.
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La paremiologia va distinta dalla paremiografia, che consiste nella sola attività di raccolta di proverbi.
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Ogni proverbio è seguito da un breve commento che descrive come il proverbio sia applicabile alle tattiche militari.
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