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
Almiro-Portuguese
Eleutherios-Late Greek
WulanWOO-lahnIndonesian, Javanese
Erna (2)ER-nah (Swedish)Norse Mythology, Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Rayan-Arabic
Ekundayo-Western African, Yoruba