英语词组coin a phrase是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

coin a phrase

something that you say before you use a phrase which sounds slightly silly.

He was, to coin a phrase, as sick as a parrot.

coin a phrase

To create a new expression. Don't try to coin a phrase, just write a straightforward headline.

coin a phrase

Fig. 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.

coin a phrase, to

To 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.

词组	coin a phrase
释义	Idiom coin a phrase something that you say before you use a phrase which sounds slightly silly. He was, to coin a phrase, as sick as a parrot. coin a phrase To create a new expression. Don't try to coin a phrase, just write a straightforward headline. coin a phrase Fig. 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. coin a phrase, to To 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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