famous phrase

collocation in English

meaningsoffamousandphrase

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famous
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.məs/us
/ˈfeɪ.məs/
known and recognized by ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk
/freɪz/us
/freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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(Definition offamousandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffamous phrase

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He found the high water mark of patriotism in the first year of the war, with the ranks filled by, in a nowfamousphrase, the rage militaire.
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Indeed, he used afamousphrase, saying that we would recognise such behaviour as the elephant on the doorstep.
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In one sense, to use afamousphrase, it is only the end of the beginning.
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In afamousphrase, it kept all the options open.
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For he knows that there is no alternative, to coin afamousphrase.
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To quote afamousphrase, he should try harder.
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Is that the kind of progress which was envisaged in thatfamousphrase"at a stroke"?
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I use the word "inquest" in the sense of thatfamousphrase, and not, of course, in the medical or forensic sense.
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We must "unbundle the events"—to use thefamousphrase.
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He even seemed to paraphrase afamousphrase, suggesting that they needed months, not weeks, to do it.
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We look forward to his reconciling that with his onlyfamousphraseso far.
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To use afamousphrase, enough is enough.
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So whether "and" in thefamousphraseis conjunctive or disjunctive does not matter in this context.
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Every family in the country pays £1,000 a year towards the cost of unemployment—and that, to coin afamousphrase, is not a price worth paying.
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To adapt afamousphrase, he made "the mostest of the leastest", and he did it extremely well.
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There was anotherfamousphraserelating to the jury.
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I will even accept thefamousphraseabout the unacceptable face of capitalism; there are capitalist practices that are unacceptable and need to be prevented.
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It is, to quote thatfamousphrase, the wrong financial climate in which to encourage safety.
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To coin afamousphrase, it is now time to do.
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The truth is that never again will companies be able to mint money or, to use thatfamousphrase, "print money".
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