A popular expression used at the time was MGM had "more stars than there are in heaven."

VOA: special.2009.05.31

Experts on language say the expression was born more than two hundred fifty years ago, when pirates sailed the seas, attacking and robbing trade ships.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

The expression by the grapevine is more than one hundred years old.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

Sir Thomas More used the expression in fifteen thirty-four.

VOA: special.2009.10.25

The Srinagar police chief contends the debate, at least, has prompted more people in Kashmir to oppose this particular expression of resistance.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08