You might say when I wear my best clothes, I am dressed to the nines or dressed to the teeth.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

Let us say I want to sell my car but I do not know exactly how much it is worth.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

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

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

VOA: special.2010.01.24

"My background is a teacher. I taught young adults from, say,age eleven through thirteen for about fifteen years.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

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

VOA: special.2010.01.24

I edit every word that I say, I say no words that have not gone through my hand, many of them my own."

VOA: special.2009.08.16

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

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

But now,Mommy wears my jeans, adorned with glitter belts and shirts that say hottie and sexy.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

I might speak from the bottom of my heart, or say things honestly and truthfully.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

If someone has been fired from a job they might say, "My boss eighty-sixed me."

VOA: special.2010.01.08

I did not talk through my hat or say something without knowing the facts.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

Many years later he would say, "I had been an artist all my life.

VOA: special.2010.05.31