the story goes

English

Phrase

the story goes

1. The story is usually depicted as follows.

   The story goes that they won the day.

   • 1978 April 8, Robert Chesley, “The Cat Burglar Returns”, in Gay Community News, page 11:

     James Kirkwood's play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! opened nearly three years ago on Broadway, and, so the story goes, was promptly killed by critics — presumably because of its gay material.

Translations

Translations

• French: on dit (fr) (que…), il parait (fr) (que…)
• Spanish: va de cuento

See also

• rumour has it