A distinctive spoken or written expression.

synonym: turn of phrase.

Roget 566: phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph; figure of speech etc. 521; idiom, idiotism^†; turn of expression; style.    paraphrase etc. (synonym) 522; periphrase etc. (circumlocution) 573; motto etc. (proverb) 496^†.    phraseology etc. 569.    ... show more