Sentence examples for is a common expression from inspiring English sources

"No money, no mission" is a common expression in the field.

To 'hand someone his head' is a common expression, not normally associated with actual violence.

Many of these people say that Mr. Chalabi's father's generation was an honorable group -- "a fine family," is a common expression about Mr. Chalabi's father, Abdel Hadi Chalabi.

In French, un amour de jeunesse is a common expression for, you know, your first love, but just to translate that into English seemed a bit flat".

In his introduction O'Brien writes: "'Taking a photograph' is a common expression, and indeed, the subject is giving something away to the photographer.

But the notion of the Syrians' having a border on the edge of the Sea of Galilee is a highly emotional issue in Israel, where there is a common expression, "We cannot tolerate Assad dipping his toe into the Sea of Galilee".

Even that phrase was a common expression going back centuries.

It had been a common expression among older people "who had use for the old sense of decorum," she said.

"Rushing the growler," connoting children hustling pails of beer for adults from bar to table, was a common expression.

It's a common expression here, second only to a look of wonder when a card miraculously appears where it shouldn't or a coin slides through a solid surface.

It was a common expression on the Green Bay sideline for most of the game, as the Packers — who beat the Giants in December and finished the regular season 15-1 — seemed perpetually out of sync.