Duffield is well known for his amusing "Duffieldisms" - obscure phrases or sayings often sourced from his English Midlands upbringing.

People would stop and ask foreigners in the streets to explain obscure phrases.

On the other hand, many of the writings of the Prophets were couched in obscure and sometimes deliberately confusing phrases.

Changes in the Phrases To attain that goal, he has eliminated some obscure phrases and modernized some of the language.

But when I gently shook his shoulder he turned on me with astonishing alertness and snapped out some more obscure phrases.

Studying at New York University for his master's and doctoral degrees in business administration, he encountered what was then an obscure academic phrase: "management by objectives."

However, there is an obscure phrase of the Annals which could support the relation.

It was a quaint and arcane gesture, and seemed of a piece with Ace's sometimes archaic and obscure phrases.

Until recently, differences had focused on obscure diplomatic phrases.

A doctor's name and an obscure medical phrase or two.