Sentence examples of "sozusagen" in German with translation "so to speak"

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Er ist sozusagen eine Leseratte. He is, so to speak, a bookworm.
Er ist sozusagen ein Bücherwurm. He is, so to speak, a bookworm.
Ein Kamel ist, sozusagen, ein Wüstenschiff. A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.
Diese Katze gehört sozusagen zur Familie. This cat is, so to speak, a member of our family.
Er ist sozusagen ein gelehrter Dummkopf. He is, so to speak, a learned fool.
Mein Vater ist sozusagen ein wandelndes Wörterbuch. My father is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
Er ist sozusagen eine Enzyklopädie auf zwei Beinen. He is, as it were so to speak, a walking encyclopedia.
Der alte Mann ist, sozusagen, ein wandelndes Wörterbuch. That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
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