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
GastÓN-Spanish
Alishaə-LISH-ə, ə-LEE-shəEnglish
Dubaku-Western African, Akan
Garry['gæri]
Yevhen-Ukrainian
RossRAWS (English)Scottish, English