33 Metaphors for says

Canon Ainger has pointed out that Lamb's description of himself in company is corroborated by Hazlitt in his essay "On Coffee-House Politicians": I will, however, admit that the said Elia is the worst company in the world in bad company, if it be granted me that in good company he is nearly the best that can be.

Say, was that your belief?

" "Say, ain't that just a shame, though!"

Say, is not this then bliss divine, Beauty's smiles and rosy wine?

"Say, Fernando, ain't that fellow on the big horse General Packenham?" "No doubt of it, Sukey.

"There is much reason in what thou sayest, Stefano; but thou knowest the Republic is a hard master.

Say, was the sack for these robbers' booty Not made by you beforehand? "Falsehood, Hate, with its cold and venomous fang, Crouch in this den.

Say, who amongst you will undertake the enterprise?What, all silent? are ye knights?

And that he is therefore of the opinion that the said Hans Rudolph Saaby should be nominated consul of the United States of America for the port of Copenhagen and such other places within the allegiance of His Danish Majesty as shall be nearer to the said port than to the residence of any other consul or vice-consul of the United States within the same allegiance.

Say, is this land the nurse that bred thy soul?"

Say, mate, are you the gay buck we hauled aboard drunk, and dumped inter the for'cassel?" "I dunno, sir," I answered dumbly, believing it best not to remember too much.

"Say, Bill, isn't that little feller's shirt out o' jail?" Tiffles made a personal application of this remark.

"What?" "Say, was that four steps and then turn-turn, or four and two steps t' the side?

The said figures utterly bewilder the visitor, who in courtesy runs his eye from top to bottom of the long columnsfarming accounts are really the most complicated that can be imaginedso he, meantime, while turning over the pages, mentally absorbs the personality of the commercial agriculturist.

" "I wouldn't be surprised she's fresh with the boys, but, believe me, if she gets the uncle she don't take the nephew!" "Say, a clerk in his own father's hotel like the Markovitches got in Atlantic City ain't no crime.

"Say, ain't he the bird!"

And he said to me half a dozen times: "Say, Dad, wasn't it a grand peg?"

So his twenty-two fellow grand jurymen politely permitted him to recall Officer Delany and ask him: "Say, officer, isn't it a factjust tell us frankly nowif this feller Mathusek isn't a gangster?" "Sure, he's a gangster.

"Brill wins!" "Say, wasn't that a great game?

It is, indeed, said that Mary was troubled; but it was not the presence, but the "saying" of the angel which troubled herit was the question "how this should be?"

Say, is this the U.S.A. SEE Caldwell, Erskine.

Say, ain't he a jim-dandy of a big bouncer, though, and as strong as an ox?

The said Monday was a strenuous day.

He at the same time drew a breath of relief, satisfied to know that his first impression of the sturdy looking young chap was confirmed, and convinced that the said Obed Grimes must be the right sort of fellow.

SAY, CAPTAIN, ARE THERE ANY BEARS ABOUT HERE?

33 Metaphors for  says