Although Latin is widely accepted to be a dead language, it wouldn’t be the first time someone had small pieces of something dead in their mouth. Sound like a smarty at any party by deftly deploying one of these classical expressions:

• Tabula rasa translates to: “Rise to the table.”
  
• Ab imo pectore translates to: “Abs are, in my opinion, better than pecs.”
  
• Pro bono translates to: “I like what he does for charity, but I kind of lost track of them after Achtung Baby.”
  
• Habeas corpus translates to: “We all own a corpse, if you think about it.”
  
• Annus horribilis translates to: “A horrible smell.”