to coin a phrase

something that you say before you use a phrase which sounds slightly silly He was, to coin a phrase, as sick as a parrot.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Colby	KOL-bee	English
Gwenneth	-	Welsh (Rare)
Leopoldo	le-o-POL-do (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Emelie	EM-e-lee	Swedish
Azhar	-	Arabic, Urdu
Haraldr	-	Ancient Scandinavian