Thesaurus talk:saying

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Bricks[edit]

Candidate genus:

  • sentence
  • clause

Candidate differentia:

  • said often; repeated often
  • said too often; hackneyed
  • figurative or metaphorical
  • general
  • witty; clever
  • brief; pithy; concise
  • instructive
  • imperative; commanding

--Dan Polansky 13:40, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why an adjective section?[edit]

"Saying" isn't an adjective. Equinox 19:34, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]