Idiom
Idiom noun - A sequence of words having a specific meaning.
Usage example: the English idiom “how are you doing?” is our version of a greeting that in some other languages can be translated as “how are you going?”
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Synonyms for Idiom
Phrase is a synonym for idiom in speech topic. In some cases you can use "Phrase" instead the word "Idiom" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like expression, turn of phrase. popular alternative
Phrase
Phrase noun - A sequence of words having a specific meaning.
Usage example: kids drawing literal representations of the phrase “to rain cats and dogs”
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Synonyms for Phrase
Idiom is a synonym for phrase in expression topic. You can use "Idiom" instead a noun "Phrase", if it concerns topics such as speech, group of words. popular alternative
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But he takes any phrase and idiom as a misunderstanding, Double Entendre, or exactly as he say it.
Source: Creator / Eugenio Derbez - The Ciaphas Cain series is fond of the phrase "going ploin-shaped pear-shaped, a British idiom equivalent to "going very wrong"."
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When Life Gives You Lemons: Drake spins the phrase in his own hideous idiom to encourage his son.
Source: Film / Hobo with a Shotgun
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