ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν
From LSJ
Εὐκαταφρόνητός ἐστι σιγηρὸς τρόπος → A way of life disposed to silence is contemptible → Taciturna facile ingenia contemni solent → Gemein ist ein Charakter, über den man schweigt
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
almost, as the saying is, for instance, not to make a short matter long, one may say, practically, so to say, so to speak, to say it in a word, to use a figure of speech, we may say, what is more