Alexander the Great probably crowned himself shahanshah after conquering Persia, bringing the phrase basileus toon basileoon to Greek.

The phrase " Pearl of Great Price " has also been interpreted more widely to apply to things of great value in a number of religious contexts.

* George Macdonald Fraser's novel Flashman in the Great Game ( 1975 ) makes references to the " cult " of Thuggee, while the phrase: " pass the tobacco " is used as a verbal signal for the killing to begin.

At the time of the Great Depression ( of the 1930s ), the phrase " The Great Depression " had already been used to refer to the period 1873 – 96 ( in the United Kingdom ), or more narrowly 1873 – 79 ( in the United States ), which has since been renamed the Long Depression.

Common use of the phrase " The Great Depression " for the 1930s crisis is most frequently attributed to British economist Lionel Robbins, whose 1934 book The Great Depression is credited with ' formalizing ' the phrase, though US president Herbert Hoover is widely credited with having ' popularized ' the term / phrase, informally referring to the downturn as a " depression ", with such uses as " Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement ", ( December 1930, Message to Congress ) and " I need not recount to you that the world is passing through a great depression " ( 1931 ).

Speechwriter Richard N. Goodwin had coined the phrase " the Great Society ," and Johnson had used the expression occasionally before the Michigan speech, but had not emphasized it.

An unusually wet period in the Great Plains mistakenly led settlers and the federal government to believe that " rain follows the plow " ( a popular phrase among real estate promoters ) and that the climate of the region had changed permanently.

Under Rintoul The Spectator came out strongly for The Great Reform Act of 1832, coining the famous phrase, ‘ The Bill, the whole Bill and nothing but the Bill ,’ in its support.

* The phrase Rebel without a clue also occurs in the 1989 song I'll Be You by The Replacements, which inspired Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to include it onto their 1991 song Into the Great Wide Open.

One last words reference work provides at least four distinct historical claims to his last words ( and additional variations of these ) – While many include the phrase " un grand peut-être " (" a Great Perhaps ") – all are listed as " doubtful " due to lack of documentation.

In the Western world, Robert Conquest's 1968 book The Great Terror popularized that phrase.

**" The Roman Canon dates in essentials from before St. Gregory the Great, who died in 604, and who is credited with adding a phrase to it.

The Chinese phrase Four Great Ancient Capitals of China () traditionally refers to Beijing ( the current capital of the People's Republic ), Nanjing, Luoyang, and Chang ' an ( Xi ' an ).

This edition included a phrase from Emerson's letter, printed in gold leaf: " I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career.

Peter Huston originated this phrase in his book More Scams from the Great Beyond!

The Takbīr or Tekbir () is the Arabic term for the phrase (). It literally means " God is greater ", It is usually translated " God is Greatest ," or " God is Great ".

The phrase Great Patriotic War ( Великая отечественная война ) appeared in 1914.

It was around this time that Smith used the phrase " Perfidious Albion ," ' treacherous Britain ', to refer to Great Britain and the sense of betrayal he felt from the British government .< ref >

Following the electoral victory, the " Ma, Ma ..." attack phrase gained a classic rejoinder: " Gone to the White House.

Plischke wrote a 1997 account of visiting Kennedy at the White House weeks before the trip to help compose the speech and teach him the proper pronunciation ; she also claims that the phrase had been translated stateside already by the translator scheduled to accompany him on the trip (" a rather unpleasant man who complained bitterly that he had had to interrupt his vacation just to watch the President ’ s mannerisms ").

During the early 20th century, the phrase " The White Man's Burden " was widely used to justify imperialist policy as a noble enterprise.

To write well, White advises writers to have the proper mind-set, that they write to please themselves, and that they aim for " one moment of felicity ", a phrase by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1850 – 94 ); thus the professor's 1918 recommendation:

Graham, who supported school desegregation, was labelled by Smith ( a conservative Democratic lawyer and former president of the American Bar Association ) as a " dupe of communists " and a proponent of the " mingling of the races ", as played out on fliers including the phrase " Wake Up, White People " in the virtually all-white Democratic primaries.

Ooltewah is a Native American phrase that means " Resting Place " according to a plaque mounted on the old caddy shack at The Honors Course-a private golf club situated at the foot of White Oak Mountain in Ooltewah.

Buchanan coined the phrase " Silent Majority " and helped shape the strategy that drew millions of Democrats to Nixon ; in a 1972 memo he suggested the White House " should move to re-capture the anti-Establishment tradition or theme in American politics.

The phrase " white slavery " can be dated back at least to Hannah Moore's 1804 letter to the editor of the Christian Observer and again in " A Letter on the Horrors of White Slavery " by Richard Oastler.

The phrase " summer and smoke ," likely comes from the Hart Crane poem, " Emblems of Conduct ", in the 1926 collection, White Buildings.

" Strunk and White put it this way: " A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject.

The phrase " Rose Garden strategy " ( such as a re-election strategy ) refers to staying inside or on the grounds of the White House as opposed to traveling throughout the country.

During the 19th century, the phrase " The White Man's Burden " was widely used to justify imperialist policy as a noble enterprise.

The title is an allusion to the phrase spoken by the Witch in the fairy tale " Snow White and the Seven Dwarves " by the Brothers Grimm --" Mirror, mirror on the wall / Who in the land is fairest of all?

Fans of the show have started inserting the phrase into other programmes and websites, most notably including The Jay Leno Show, Google ( UK ), Swedish radio, Stuff White Brits Like, and signs at events, such as the Rally to Restore Sanity.

* White Liberal ( phrase ), coined by Paul Farmer in Tracy Kidder's 2005 book Mountains Beyond Mountains, used to define prosperous people who believe that they can solve the world's problems without personal sacrifice

* " White rabbits ", a variation of the common superstitious phrase " Rabbit rabbit rabbit ", said on the first of the month

In the 2006 film Superman Returns the phrase was recited by the character Perry White as " truth, justice, all that stuff.

His opening TV catch phrase, " Hi doll ," was directed toward his beloved real-life mother-in-law, Tess White, mother of Betty White.

Video of brutal hazing rituals also came to light, including a video from the summer of 1992 which showed 1 Commando engaging in " hijinks " ranging from smearing faeces on each other, to bestiality ; the black soldier Christopher Robin was shown on all fours with a leash, led around like a dog, with the phrase " I Love KKK " written on his back, while surrounding soldiers screamed about White Power and jeered, one demonstrating his objection to Black soldiers in the Airborne through racist language.

Dealers coined the " White Lightning " phrase from a magazine ad that Mercury ran.

* Martin's resignation as student body president mirrors a concession speech given by Richard Nixon in 1962 with the phrase " You won't have Martin Prince to kick around anymore ", even brandishing Nixon's two V signs as he is wheeled out, parodying Nixon's departure from the White House after his resignation.

" Ian Robertson stated that White was also known by the phrase " Alan White-He's alright ".

* Casablanca ( disambiguation ) ( White House is the literal translation of the Spanish phrase " Casa Blanca " into English )