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单词 to coin a phrase
释义
to coin a phrase
  1. used to introduce a well-known expression that you have changed slightly in order to be funny(引出为逗趣而稍加改动的名言)
    • Tasting is believing, to coin a phrase! (= the usual phrase is ‘seeing is believing’).俗话说,“品尝即信”! (=常用短语是“眼见为实”)。
  2. used to show that you are aware that you are using an expression that is not new套用一句老话;用老话来说
    • Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.噢,常言道,没有消息就是好消息。
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