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
AsaphAY-saf (English)Biblical
Hecuba-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Bohdanboh-DAHN (Ukrainian)Czech, Ukrainian
ShilohSHIE-lo (English)Biblical
Arcangelo-Italian
Luken-Basque