"I think that it is possible to have a credible election that provides a legitimate expression of the will of the Afghan people,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The expression probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

Alec Ross at the State Department says "the global community should respond" wherever freedom of expression is under attack.

VOA: special.2011.06.27

But beans are used to describe something of very little value in the expression, not worth a hill of beans.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

It is cut to the chase. She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

The words hot potato,for example, give you no idea at all to the meaning of the expression,hot potato.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

This powerful form of creative expression usually involves art made outside the limits and rules of official culture.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Like Helen Martins, outsider artists add new life, imagination and skill to the world of creative expression.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Some language experts say the expression came from a name given to noisy supporters of Andrew Jackson...

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Other experts say the word cheese in this expression was really an incorrect way of saying chief.

VOA: special.2011.05.08

The expression was first used in the southern part of the United States to describe the use of force to win an election.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

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

But in the nineteen sixties, the expression rolling stone became famous in the world of rock-and-roll music.

VOA: special.2010.10.17

Another common expression, to hold water, is about the strength or weakness of an idea,opinion or argument.

VOA: special.2009.05.10