The saying that looks like something the cat dragged in describes something in bad condition.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

However,he notes the saying that "the pen is mightier than the sword."

VOA: special.2010.03.19

The experts agree with the old saying that you should never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

And when someone tells you that the cards are stacked against you, he is saying you do not have a chance to succeed.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

He wrote letters about killing himself and saying that he was the "most miserable man alive."

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Christian in France expressed a different concern, saying: The big problem of the transgenic seeds is that they are the monopoly of big companies.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

I kept saying to myself that when at last they found out about him, it will be like the sun falling out of the sky.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

"I kept saying to myself that when at last they find out about him, it will be like the sun falling out of the sky.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Eric Partridge wrote that the saying probably developed in Britain in the eighteen hundreds.

VOA: special.2010.10.31

The official also warned against foreign military intervention in Yemen,saying that could strengthen al-Qaida.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

And sometimes, as the old saying goes, it is the thought that counts.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Maybe that is why the city's saying is "Our Future Is Our Past."

VOA: special.2009.06.01

One writer believes that the expression might have come from an old saying.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Hayes was right in saying that the United States was strong and prosperous.

VOA: special.2010.03.11