Not so hot also is a way of saying that you do not really like something.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

He's saying something like, "I used to see these people all the time.

他说了一些诸如，我每天见到这些人。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

You're saying something is like something else.

你在表达某事像某事。

It's like 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

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

VOA: special.2009.09.27

That is Hirsch's other key position, and we can understand it by saying something like this: the meaning of a text is what the author intended it to mean -that is to say, what we can establish with a reliable paraphrase.

这就是赫施的另一个重要观点，我们可以这样理解它：,文章的意思是作者想要表达的,即我们通过适当的释意能够想到的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"It's a lost, because like the president is saying he is going to do something and he never do it, we are waiting for that."

VOA: standard.2010.03.21