What were his exact words?

他的原话是什么？

《牛津词典》

Those aren't his exact words, but he said something along those lines.

那些不是他的原话，但他说的大致就是这个意思。

《牛津词典》

I remember his exact words.

他说的每个字我都记得。

youdao

Those weren't, of course, his exact words in his Autumn Statement, but they do sum up his grim message.

BBC: UK Politics

The exact opposite, in other words, of the man who would become his strongest opponent, Ian Paisley.

BBC: Captain Terence O'Neill: Visionary or failure?