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idiom
noun as in manner of speaking, turn of phrase
Example Sentences
The title of her memoir is a play on the idiom “jack of all trades, master of none” — a criticism she says she’s heard levied at performers who, like her, dip their toes into various mediums.
His fellow Italian greeted him with an idiom meaning "now it is all serious stuff, mate".
Williams was writing in an idiom that was unique to him.
The laughable invocation of that idiom should tell you plenty about how Baier and the station conceived of the interview: Baier and Harris were on opposite teams, and Baier was attempting to score points.
This is an ancient and nearly universal idiom that resurfaces, in different forms, in different places, and at different times, in the direst of circumstances.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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