The phrase "standard phrase" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to a phrase that has become widely accepted and is fairly common in everyday usage. For example, "The phrase 'time is money' is a standard phrase among entrepreneurs."
I didn't at first know what that meant, but soon learned, as during the next four years it became a standard phrase.
His accent was thick and his standard phrase, which he repeated all day and which always made us smile, was "were all right".
Keith's standard phrase for his estranged sons - "my little smashers" - is perfect in its artificial sentimentality because the relationship it describes is essentially a fantasy.
In 1940, as British troops reeled from defeat to retreat to rout, the BBC had a standard phrase for it: they were regrouping according to plan.
The standard phrase among those who rail against American foreign policy these days is "I'm not anti-American, I'm anti-Bush".
The only reference to bonuses was in the context of the banks showing "pay discipline", which is an even weaker term than "restraint" – the standard phrase of recent weeks.
Have some standard stock phrases ready to push aside media queries.
He added: "The old standard phrases always come back.
Formula narrative phrases describe famous kingdoms and characters, and battles are preceded by challenges couched in standard phrases.
The newly married couple gazed at a sign in the Telegram Office lobby that read, "Standard Phrases for Greeting Telegrams".
During the 19th century, the older passive form — "Joe was graduated from college" — was being elbowed out by today's standard phrasing — "Joe graduated from college".
