This is an apt phrase for the government as a whole.

He gropes for the apt phrase; it is considered bad form here to use words like 'hellish'.

Carpet beetles might have been a more apt phrase.

They've moved so far to the Right that they are singlehandedly making "fascist" a legitimate and apt phrase again.

A particularly apt phrase has been coined for them - "school phobic".

"An apt phrase, admiral, for in a sense that's exactly what you did, isn't it?"

He has a knack for coming up with apt phrases that accomplish a lot with just a few words.

Poppy for corruption and terrorism would be the more apt phrase.

"Have a nice day" was the apt phrase for those who serve people they do not know to end a transaction.

A more apt phrase for investors might be "caveat emptor."