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n. (context idiomatic English) An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful.
Usage examples of "turn of phrase".
Reviewing in memory what Sugaiguntung had just said, he was struck by the curious turn of phrase he had employed, and a relay closed in that part of his mind where he stored tiny details noted long ago, about such matters as not snapping one's fingers in Yatakang.
Reviewing in memory what Sugaiguntung had just said, he was struck by the curious turn of phrase he had employed, and a relay closed in that part of his mind where he stored tiny details noted long ago, about such matters as not snapping one'.
It took a vision they lacked to make a truth out of that casual turn of phrase.
I, of course, as a benighted subject of my 'neobarb' monarch, far too uncivilized t' appreciate the splendor of your civilized turn of phrase, might be tempted t' react t' them with unseemly violence.
Even the Emperor was not addressed in quite that centuries-old turn of phrase.
Forsooth, a human of beautifully polished manner and splendid turn of phrase.