"expression" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The derogatory expression is derived from the crossing of the Rio Grande by illegal aliens.
- Hottentot is a derogatory expression.
- Meat shield, informal and often derogatory expression for someone put forth to absorb an attack or shelter another.
- Captain was a traditional term for the white boss; Shine is a derogatory expression for "African-American".
- "Messrs. democrats," Izvestia pointed out, was one of the favorite derogatory expressions of Leon Trotsky.
- "It's mostly water" used to be a derogatory expression.
- It has been criticized for using the medical diagnosis, autism, as a derogatory expression.
- The familiar derogatory expression "but it has a steep learning curve" is intended to mean that the activity is difficult to learn.
- He won the suit, partly on the basis of Connor's use of the derogatory expression "fruit-flavoured."
Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.