so to speak

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used to emphasize that you are expressing sth in an unusual or amusing way

   In their totalitarianism, so to speak.

   The royal treatment, so to speak.

In the movies · 21

• The royal treatment, so to speak.American Beauty1999
• In their totalitarianism, so to speak.There's Something About Mary1998
• and I've got to resurrect that, so to speak.American Movie1999
• ...a disappointment, so to speak?Good Luck to You, Leo Grande2022
• So to speak.The Silence of the Lambs1991
• Follow orders, so to speak.Victor Frankenstein2015
• Enjoy the ride, so to speak.Let Him Go2020
• You re wetting your beak so to speakThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015

Learn it in full scenes

• American Beauty1999
  • Brad Warns Lester to Save His Job
  • The Burnhams' Cold Dinner
  • Jim and Jim Welcome the Fitts
• There's Something About Mary1998
  • Ted Asks Mary to the Prom
  • Ted Asks Mary to the Prom
  • Ted Meets Mary's Family
• American Movie1999
  • Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
  • Mark Pitches Northwestern
  • Family Fights Over the Phone Bill

From the same entry

• be on speaking terms
• generally, broadly, roughly, relatively, speaking
• no… to speak of
• speak for itself
• speak for myself
• speak for yourself
• speaking as
• speak your mind
• speak out of turn
• speak volumes
• speak well of
• actions speak louder than words

More idioms

• lose your way
• in day
• at first glance
• wing it
• below the radar
• get a foot in the door
• step into shoes
• waste your breath
• at sea
• right on
• nice work
• make do