If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

Some people who like to eat very hot chili peppers say that they can help you breathe better if you have a cold.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

If someone asks you a personal question, you might say "that is none of your beeswax."

VOA: special.2010.12.26

"Like if you say cars were bumper to bumper, that was what the ships looked like."

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

They are going to check my safety rig and if they say you can go off that bridge, I'll trust them that it's okay."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"I should say that is rather contradictory." "If you put a lot of subsidy that means the production is not competitive or not cost efficient."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

So that if you say in 1915 there were two million Armenians in what we call Turkey, but the Ottoman Empire - there are now about 60,000 Armenians in Turkey.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

We had to say 'well,that is great. If you can get here that is fine, but we are shooting in Adelaide.' So once they jumped in, the film went to a new level and the fact that we had their support was huge."

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

"Health and hospitals are basic areas of well being, lets say,that when a major disaster or a smaller disaster occurs, if you do not have health facilities that function and can respond to the needs you create yet another level of disaster,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.14