Idiom
speak of the devil and he appears
Meaning
Synonym of speak of the devil.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Speak of the devil and he appears, here is the boss now.”
“We were just talking about our neighbor when he walked in; speak of the devil and he appears.”
“Just as we began discussing his mysterious absence, he stepped through the door, proving that speak of the devil and he appears is often true.”
Examples
simple
“Speak of the devil and he appears, here is the boss now.”
contextual
“We were just talking about our neighbor when he walked in; speak of the devil and he appears.”
complex
“Just as we began discussing his mysterious absence, he stepped through the door, proving that speak of the devil and he appears is often true.”
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