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
Metodyme-TAW-diPolish
KilieKIE-leeEnglish (Rare)
Blagica-Macedonian
Flaviefla-VEEFrench
Tzeitel-Yiddish
Homer['həumə]