Related Clues:

• Seems I had ten thousand, in a manner of speaking
• Nothing in the Midi up there, as the saying goes
• Seems I hadf ten thousand, in a manner of speaking
• I had ten grand, in a manner of speaking
• Ten amid the mid, as they say
• 'This collection of words is wearing, by the sound of it, after a time (6)'
• 'I had ten thousand, in a manner of speaking (5)'
• I had ten thousand in a manner of speaking
• Language oddity
• Under the weather, e.g
• "Cat got your tongue?" e.g
• "In the doghouse," for one
• Cut to the chase, say
• Berlitz bit
• More than words