if you'll pardon the expression



if you'll pardon the expression

Fig. excuse the expression I am about to say or just said. This thing is—if you'll pardon the expression—loused up. I'm really jacked, if you'll pardon the expression.
See also: expression, if, pardon

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PiaPEE-ah (Italian, Danish, German)Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman
Glover['glʌvə]
NealNEELEnglish
CarlyleKAHR-lielEnglish
LiisuLEE:-sooEstonian
Mailys-French