Sentence examples for a foreign phrase from inspiring English sources

Do not allow them to use a foreign phrase unless you are both prepared to swear that it is correct.

"It was the first time certainly that a foreign phrase captured the public's imagination in that way," Hegarty recalls.

(v) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

He called on everyone, about a dozen students in all; we tried it gamely but they always came out like a foreign phrase learned from a textbook.

So, while not perfect, if you're tired of Googling for an exact foreign phrase the Translator Keyboard still offers a shortcut way to do that — without having to leave whatever it is you're writing and fire up a browser.

PORT-A-POTTY MOUTH Most foreign phrase books tell you how to say "No horsing around during the fencing lesson," but the TAD site (www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/stat.html) teaches you to say…well, we can't print what it teaches you to say.

Foreign phrase books must be the least referred to of all reference books.

For the last three years, Steves's guide to Italy has outsold those from Frommer's, Fodor's and Lonely Planet; several of his foreign phrase books -- which include translations like "If you don't slow this taxi down, I will throw up" -- have become more popular than Berlitz.

E Pluribus Unum … Why do we still bother with that silly foreign phrase?