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How to say as they say, ___
in Thai
เหมือนที่เขาว่า___
mǔean tîi kǎo wâa ___
as they say, ___
Add ครับ (kráp) if you are a man or ค่ะ (kâ) if you are a woman. It makes the sentence polite, and Thais always use it.
The standard way to bring in an idiom.
- Where
- humour
- Register
- polite
- Fill the blank with
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Words inside it
From the same situation: Idioms, proverbs, humour
- สำนวนidiom, expression; style
- สุภาษิตproverb
- คำคมwitty saying, quote
- ตีความto interpret
- ตรงตัวliteral
- ขำfunny; to find funny
- ขำกลิ้งhilarious (rolling with laughter)
- ฮาhilarious (slang)
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