英和和英

a sure means

oft‐quoted

the action of saying briefly saying something

It means something

to use a common phrase―in common parlance―as the saying is

to tell lies

tell an untruth

semantic opacity

to stammer out something

to say so

being said colloquially

The meaning is ambiguous

It is ambiguous in meaning.

implied meaning

to speak openly

a pithy saying

a wise saying

the meaning of a phrase

to state one's reason―explain one's reason

The kind of thing that gets called...

a wise say

to be hypothetical

literal meanings

literal meaning―grammatical sense

detailed commentary

Let me remark in passing

By the way,...

a witty saying

to coerce one into submission

to be profound in meaning―pregnant with meaning―significant―abstruse―recondite―oracular