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Meanings of common phrase in English

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Usage of common phrase in English
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To use a common phrase the slaves were eating their heads off.
Carl and the Cotton Gin
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Miss Jessie, to use the expressive common phrase, took after her aunt.
The Queen of Hearts
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You use a common phrase and a very objectionable phrase, young man.
The Grey Room
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Strong as an oak, is, apparently a common phrase in French.
The Irish Times
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It's a common phrase of many people when trying to enter their password.
BBC
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While it was a common phrase, for some reason tonight it bothered her.
Dangerous Women
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The common phrase is the only phrase that can describe it.
"I Say No"
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Indeed, the common phrase for insanity is in this respect a misleading one.
Orthodoxy
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That's such a common phrase, such a cliché, and so unflattering.
Beautiful creatures
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He was, in common phrase, to be taken or let alone.
A Hoosier Chronicle
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The common phrase with these people is, 'Our principles are peace.'
The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): The America...
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It's a common phrase, but I feel it needs updating.
The Irish Times
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In common phrase, it cannot be made to "let go" at will.
Steam, Steel and Electricity
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Victorine uttered that sad, common phrase very sincerely, and with a sort of satisfaction.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 07
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To 'magnify' God is a common phrase in our observances.
Where the Blue Begins
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They don't understand "frogs," though 't is a common phrase with us.
The Best Letters of Charles Lamb
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