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Say what

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say what?

(idiomatic, colloquial) What did you say?; Huh?; expresses incredulity.

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Three golden rules of language: - Think about what you say. - Don't say what you don't mean. - Don't say everything you think. Source: Internet

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. Gustav Mahler

Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. H. L. Mencken

Say what we will, do what we will, the boat goes but sorrily without oars. Italian Proverb

Say what you have to say, tomorrow. Japanese Proverb

If you do not know what to say, say what your elders said. Turkish Proverb

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