as the saying is

The Chancellor is on record as saying that the increase in unemployment is "a price worth paying" to keep inflation down.

财政大臣公开宣称失业率上升是遏制通货膨胀“值得付出的代价”。

He is quoted as saying he disagrees with the decision.

用他的话说,他不同意这一决定.

Can't learn an old dog new tricks, as the saying is.

俗话说得好,老狗学不会新把戏.

On important occasion, however, he knew, as the saying is, how to make his authority felt.

可是在紧要关头他知道怎样, 象俗话所说的, 放出他的威风.

I have heard of many going astray even in the village streets, when the darkness was so thick that you could cut it with a knife, as the saying is.

我听说村中有许多人在街上走走，都走得迷了路，那是在黑暗最浓厚的时候，正如老古话所说，黑得你可以用刀子一块一块把它割下来。

As the old saying goes : " Flowers are pleasant to look at but hard to grow ", it is much difficult to grow camellias.

正如俗话所说 “ 看花容易栽花难 ”, 栽培茶花是很不容易的.

However to breathe out one's life when a man has had enough of these things is the next best voyage, as the saying is.

然而如俗话所说，当一个人拥有足够的这些事情时，立即结束自己的生命则是仅次于最好的一次旅行。

'All the world and his wife too, as the saying is,' returned the delighted Captain.

就像谚语所说的，整个世界，还有他的妻子都展现在他的前面，兴高采烈的船长回答道。

I can see into a millstone, as the saying is.

我正如俗语所说的一般能够洞察石磨。

The foreign secretary is reported as saying that force will have to be used if diplomacy fails.

报道称，外交大臣表示如果外交努力不能奏效将不得不使用武力。