if you'll excuse the expression
if you'll excuse the expression
A preemptive apology for the particular words one is about to use. He was acting like, if you'll excuse the expression, a complete ass. For a documentary about the horrors of war, it comes across as rather—if you'll excuse the expression—lifeless. I know he's your son-in-law, but he's always struck me as, if you'll excuse the expression, a glorified con artist.
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