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"I get victimised by it, so to speak, but that's life," he chuckles.

I hardly need to add that the Irish experience is also different from those examples, for reasons that are, so to speak, right on the surface.

"There was a lot of self-doubt. I have a nasty habit of criticising myself heavily, so to speak, so that pressure made me think about leaving."

"He's had some experience. He's a person who has been through the wars, so to speak. He's probably been in the SAS or something."

By that point, the horse had left the barn, so to speak.