in a manner of speaking

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介词短语
  1. As it were; figuratively speaking; in a manner, in a way, in a certain respect.
    — "Well, well, cap'n," returned the sea-cook, ". . . Why, there you all are together like a happy family, in a manner of speaking."

词源

From in + an alteration of Middle English a maner of speche (“a manner of literary style”).
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