the thinking goes(If you can't actually take time off without having to make sure everything is going right at the office, the thinking goes, you aren't managing your teams well.goodmotto)
as the saying goes(Please, don't be mean to me! As the saying goes, you're going to reap what you have sown); if you will(= as they say, as the saying goes; в т.ч. как фраза-паразит 4uzhoj); you know what they say(Keep trying, and you'll figure it out. You know what they say: if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. VLZ_58)
as the saying goes(We knew Rob well, he was a kind, caring man, but we never approved of his friends or their ways. As the saying goes, different clothes may hang on the same line)
