in so many words

Prepositional phrase

 * 1) Verbatim; using exactly the given words.
 * In so many words, he asked me to give him the answers to the test.
 * He said he liked you. At least, not in so many words, but that was the idea.

Translations

 * Finnish: sanasta sanaan,
 * French: ,
 * Italian: senza peli sulla lingua, a chiare lettere, senza mezze parole
 * Scottish Gaelic: facal air an fhacal
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, harfi harfine,