so to speak

Putty noses, horsehair wigs, and phony accents were his bread and butter, so to speak.

Beowulf in particular was wracked with guilt, for it had been his marvelous painting of the scene at Ahwoo-Ahwoo that seemed to have let the cannibal book out of the armoire, so to speak.

By now she understood that the mood in the nursery had begun to curdle, so to speak, and that the cause had something to do with her shutting of the windows.

When she had finished her route, so to speak, and her mind was free to wander, Penelope found herself dwelling yet again upon the subject of her mother and father.

But the researchers took steps, so to speak, to determine whether better health caused the longer walks rather than vice versa.