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20 December 2025

We use this expression when we have used a proverb or saying or popular quotation to indicate that what we said is not just our opinion.

Written: Yes

Spoken: Yes

Formal: Yes

Informal: Yes

Example 1

I don't know how you find going to gym enjoyable. Sweating, working with weights.

No pain, no gain, as they say!

I suppose so.

Example 2

I don't see how you will be able to travel around the world with just £250!