The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.

VOA: special.2011.05.29

I did not know she was married!" Language expert Webb Garrison tells an interesting story about the expression.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

So it is not surprising that top is part of another expression that describes an important person.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

And one last expression, one that means do not worry or work too hard.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

Now,we admit that we do not know how this expression developed.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

Where the expression came from is not clear.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Another expression is not so hot.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

Russell says people angered by such cartoons should resort to freedom of expression themselves, not fatwas,or death threats.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

He says the syndicate was formed primarily for financial reasons, and he does not expect it to really take on the battle for freedom of expression.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

"We feel this a complete travesty of justice. We feel it is not only a travesty of justice because truth does not hold sway there, but people should not be criminalized for exercising their basic right to freedom of expression,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.28