Sentence examples for was a common expression from inspiring English sources

Even that phrase was a common expression going back centuries.

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

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.

At the time of the founding of our Republic, there was a common expression that said that a criminal law must be so clear that a potential defendant "can read it while running and still understand it".

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

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

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

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

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".

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.

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".