とでもいうべき
It must be said, it can be said
JLPT
N1
Structure
✦N + とでもいうべき + N
Signification
✦ It's a metaphorical expression with a poetic touch. It uses a well-known name that everyone knows to express the feeling that such a comparison is appropriate. Sometimes it's also said as 「...ともいうべき」.
そこは
東洋
の
パリ
とでもいうべき
優雅
な
雰囲気
のある
町
である
。
It is a town with an elegant atmosphere that could be called the Paris of the East.
第二
の
モハメッド・アリ
とでもいうべき
ボクサー
が
現
れた
。
A boxer who could be called the second Muhammad Ali has emerged.
彼
は
映画
の
神様
とでもいうべき
存在
である
。
He can be called the god of movies.
