词汇 | coin a phrase, to |
释义 | coin a phraseTo create a new expression. Don't try to coin a phrase, just write a straightforward headline. to coin a phraseA set phrase said after one uses a new expression. It is typically used jocularly to indicate the opposite (i.e. that one has just used a well-known or trite saying). Well, we can't do anything about it now, so que sera sera, to coin a phrase. coin a phraseFig. to create a new expression that is worthy of being remembered and repeated. (Often jocular.) He is "worth his weight in feathers," to coin a phrase. to coin a phraseYou say to coin a phrase to show that you are using an expression that people will know. Stunned Jackson was, to coin a phrase, `sick as a parrot'. Note: To coin a new word means to invent it or use it for the first time. In this expression, the term is being used ironically. to coin a phrase1 said ironically when introducing a banal remark or cliché. 2 said when introducing a new expression or a variation on a familiar one.to coin a ˈphraseused for introducing an expression that you have invented or to apologize for using a well-known idiom or phrase instead of an original one: Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.coin a phrase, toTo fashion an expression. This term, dating from the 1940s, is often used ironically to apologize for using a cliché, as in “He acts like the cock of the walk, to coin a phrase.” Of course it can also be used straightforwardly and refer to inventing an expression, a usage dating from the late 1500s. |
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