I might say I touched all the bases if I did what is necessary to complete a job or activity.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

She praises my work. She might even say "I will scratch your back if you will scratch mine."

VOA: special.2010.01.24

And,if you are a very good person, I would even say that you have a heart of gold.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

If someone offers me an amount that is close to my selling price, I might say the amount is in the ballpark.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

He told the singer: "My daughter said if I didn't say 'hi' to you I'd be in trouble, so 'hi' from my daughter."

VOA: special.2011.01.07

If I did refuse to help, my supervisor might say bad things about me behind my back.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

However, if I say we are not in the same ballpark, I mean we cannot agree because my ideas are too different from yours.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

"Celebrating with our family." "Presents!" "I usually get presents that say Santa Claus on them but I'm not really sure if they're from him."

VOA: special.2009.12.21

If you think I'm going to say it's a pleasure to be here,forget it.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

He told his son-in-law in December: "I will not say I would not serve if the good people were to be so unwise as to elect me."

VOA: special.2009.03.05

We're all free agents. If I wanted to work as a professor, I could send out notes to a hundred different universities and say 'Does anyone want to hire me?'

VOA: special.2010.07.26

"We in Italy,or in Europe,I think, we have a more free environment, if I can say this, because we are in touch with a lot of different things that are outside the school.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

If I fail,no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes,' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'" She made these comments in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

You might ask your brother, "Is it okay if I borrow your car? Or if someone asks you to do something, you might say,Okay,I will. Still,language experts do not agree about where the word came from.

VOA: special.2010.02.28