If the economy created a job every time politicians turned a good phrase, we wouldn't be facing historic unemployment.

A good phrase, however, seems to me to have an independent existence.

What he wants, in the good old-fashioned western phrase, is that you should get out of town.

"The wool steals electrons from the plastic" is a good phrase.

"All it takes is a positive attitude," Ivy said brightly, pleased with her ability to turn a good phrase.

A good phrase, like a good visual image, arrests the eye.

There are a number of good phrases, in that Book, aren't there?

Have you never heard of the phrase, "Too good to check."

That's a good phrase: "I must come to you to help me answer him."

The worst of learning one good phrase is that it sounds as if one knew the language.