Those who know me know I do not speak in fancy phrases.

Mr. Cutler is given to the fancy phrase, often reaching for a top-shelf word when one off the bottom will suffice.

He had never needed fancy phrases in the desert.

That is why centers emphasize "organizational and study skills" - a fancy phrase for the basics of studying.

Don admitted a few of the show's fancy phrases have even crept into his own vocabulary.

"Do those fools think that they can train me out of loving you with a bunch of fancy phrases?"

You used a fancy phrase, a defence of the heart, you said.

And don't repeat Irene's fancy phrases to me.

There is nothing fresh in this declaration, except fancy phrases, which cannot solve the problem.

Despite the fancy phrases, however, the attentive listener should be able to pick up the major lines of the dispute.