A student who tells you his grades have hit bottom is saying he has not done well in school.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

The book says the saying began because a competitor's face was cleaned with a cloth towel or other material.

VOA: special.2010.11.21

In New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said President Obama will regret saying that Iran has been building a secret facility.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

It opposes separating the regulation of a company from its products, saying each regulator will only have half the information.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

FIRST is the short way of saying the organization's complete name: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

The saying becomes a warning about the dangers of attacking people who are in more important positions than you are.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

After all,the influence of drugs at the concert led to the saying that if you can remember Woodstock, you weren't there.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

Sergeant Perry Osburn put it this way: "We cannot let this make us afraid, you know what I'm saying?

VOA: special.2009.11.14

He also discussed his budget plan for next year, saying Congress will need to sacrifice some programs but think long term.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

Sometimes he seems to be saying, "I'm not happy about anything, but what are you going to do about it?"

VOA: special.2010.01.17

The experts agree with the old saying that you should never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

Ranger Freeman said members of search-and-rescue teams have a saying that victims are not dead until they are warm and dead.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

They passed a law saying no southerner could vote if he had taken part in the rebellion against the Union.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

He read it quickly. Then he put it in his pocket and ran out of the room without saying a word.

VOA: special.2009.12.26