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I always liked this phrase, I learned it from a New Yorker obit.

GARDNER BOTSFORD
His sacramental phrase "The Great Transformation" (for the after-dinner moment when the company shifted from wine to Scotch) fell into disuse only after the advent of Pellegrino and good sense.

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/200...ta_talk_angell