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be taken at what it is worth; I do not answer for the truth of it (Anglophile) | |||
I'm just passing on what I was told; I'm just passing on what I was told (За достоверность этих слухов не ручаюсь, – за что купил, за то и продаю – I can't swear to the authenticity of those rumors, I'm just passing on what I was told. (Michele Berdy)) | |||
messengers should neither be beheaded nor hanged (used to mean: I say now just what I have heard. said when some information (news) seems hardly reliable, trustworthy); I give it for what it's worth; it may sound low but I've heard it so; I sell my goods at the price I've paid for them | |||
I give the information for what it may be worth (Linch) |