I'm so glad that you've decided to join us. In fact, I'm tickled pink, (if you'll) 'excuse the expression'.
When you first told me your plan, I thought you were, 'pardon the expression', crazy.
She is always looking for new ways to 'give expression to' [=to express] her ideas.
(..) You think you alone were loved of Mother? You had her tricks, but I had her trust. Trust? Was that her last expression? Trust? When you let her die? What help were you in your cell? Who put me there? Who put me there? (..)2013 Thor: The Dark World