كيف تنطق "so to speak"

expression

SOH-tuh-SPEEK

SUH-oh-too-SPEEK

التعريف

Used to indicate that the words just said are not to be taken literally, but rather figuratively or as an expression.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈsoʊ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈspik

الإنجليزية البريطانية

sˈəʊ/ /tˈuː/ /spˈiːk

أمريكي

SOH-tuh-SPEEK

بريطاني

SUH-oh-too-SPEEK

He is the brains of the team, so to speak.

Our holiday was a dream come true, so to speak.

He's living in his own world, so to speak.

We had to start from scratch, so to speak, after the flood.