"so to speak"what does exactly this phrase mean

[oceann]

could you help me with the meaning of this phrase. i cant understand what it means in the following sentences.
The local Who shows the snow-topped mountains to the stranger Sells him, so to speak, the landscape
Very honored to be able to do that and I’ll “share the receipts” so to speak.

[Josef Essberger]

You can use this expression to show that what you have just said is an unusual or original way of saying something.

It is like the expression “in a manner of speaking”.

“EnglishClub is my home, so to speak.”