pour ainsi dire înseamnă în Engleză

so to speak▼◼◼◼(in a manner of speaking)
adverb
[UK: ˈsəʊ tuː spiːk] [US: ˈsoʊ ˈtuː ˈspiːk]

as it were▼◼◼◼(to indicate a word or statement is not exact)
adverb
[UK: əz ɪt wɜː(r)] [US: ˈæz ˈɪt wər]