Some writers believe that the phrase would soon have disappeared were it not for the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

The phrase to be left holding the bag is as widely used as the expression to let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

And you can sign up to get a verb phrase of the day by SMS.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

Sameer Taher Mahdi heard the phrase "Blackwater in Iraq" on a news report.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

Plus,we now offer a verb phrase of the day by SMS.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

(Poem) I search the chemistry of specific emotions, a combination of earth and air that evokes the vital detail, the phrase that heats the frying pan, the look that smiles, offering signals that localize, where I am, and clarify what I see.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

The phrase refers to white Afrikaners who settled in South Africa centuries ago and dominated society during the apartheid years.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Keith titled the album after a phrase in the one cover song he included on the collection, Radney Foster's "I'm In."

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

The council has taken recommendations from Simon Anholt, an international consultant on brand value and advisor who coined the phrase "nation brand".

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Armstrong summed up the momentous event with one simple, elegant phrase: "That's one small step for man;

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

We are continuing to challenge the matter in court." Malema said he would substitute the offending words with another phrase, but continue to sing it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Even President Barack Obama took note of the extreme conditions, coining a new phrase.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

And with the gift, novelty and souvenir industry generating billions of dollars in revenue each year, marketing Olympic memories gives a whole new meaning to the phrase go for the gold.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17