He too had a colorful way with a phrase.

"A colorful way of putting it," laughed the host.

What they had was a colorful way of communicating.

I read them in a more colorful way: Burglar, pass by this place.

And they're saying it in very colorful ways.

In his typically colorful way, he offered some advice.

When asked if that was "all bad," Valenti responded in his typically colorful way.

"What a colorful way you have of phrasing things, no doubt due to your journalistic training."

Which is his colorful way of saying he's aware I've rigged a coin toss on him before.

I wouldn't want to interfere with your quaint and colorful way of life.