as the saying goes
Used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc.
But this means that we also need to build our home and make it strong and well protected. We see, after all, what is going on in the world. "The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems." Vladimir Putin
Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill. Leo Durocher
As the saying goes not every conspiracy is a theory. Joseph Finder
Because, as the saying goes, 'do not speak too much to women' (Tannah Rabbi Jesse the Galilean), he credited the law to Rabbi Joshua, who may be considered to have been her father. Source: Internet
A healthy nation is a wealthy nation, as the saying goes. Source: Internet
It takes a village to raise a child, as the saying goes, or, in the case of Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin Catholic School, some help from the neighbors. Source: Internet