YOU SAID:
They are the menu, so to speak, not the meal;
INTO JAPANESE
それらは、いわば食事ではなくメニューです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
They are, so to speak, menus, not meals.
INTO JAPANESE
それらは、いわばメニューであり、食事ではありません。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
They are, so to speak, menus, not meals.
That's deep, man.