Take the worst with the best, there's Grimaldi the souldier, a very well-timbred fellow:they say he is a Roman, Nephew to the Duke Mount Ferratto;they say he did good service in the warrs against the Millanoys.
2003,The New Dimensions in Learning English, Rex Bookstore, Inc.,→ISBN, page447:
1. What are some of the thingsthey said man would never do? 2. Name some dreams once thought of as impossible but have been realized. 3. Give examples of man's achievements[…]
2016, John A. Connell,Ruins of War, Berkley,→ISBN, page251:
"Let's talk about you. Why did you break up with the general?" *: "Maybe it's time I really got to know the lowly doughboy."[…] *: "A cop and a reporter..." Mason rubbed his chin and feigned a thoughtful pause. "Well,they said man would never fly."
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seethey,say.
