Ernest cannot see himself telling Honoroff that his wife does pictures for that sex-obsessed sleazemonger.

The Golden-Spangled Hamburg has an attractive pattern, the plumage over the body being golden bay, each feather ending with an elongated, greenish-black spangle. […] The spangles of the wing coverts should form two distinct, parallel bars across the wings.

The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.

The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals.