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
Ezechiel-Biblical Latin
Chibuike-Western African, Igbo
JepJEPEnglish (Archaic)
Edith['i:diθ]
Alcuin['ælkwin]
Pilarpee-LAHRSpanish