saying (n)
expression (n)
locution (n)

n07151380

type n
lex_filenum 10
def a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
examples pardon the expression
Outgoing links
Hypernym speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
Derivationally related form saying → say
Hyponym Beatitude; logion; calque, calque formation, loan translation; advice and consent; ambiguity; euphemism; dysphemism; shucks; tongue twister; anatomical reference, anatomical; southernism; motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth; maxim, axiom; epigram, quip; proverb, adage, saw, byword; idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase; agrapha; sumpsimus
Incoming links
Hypernym Beatitude; logion; calque, calque formation, loan translation; advice and consent; ambiguity; euphemism; dysphemism; shucks; tongue twister; anatomical reference, anatomical; southernism; motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth; maxim, axiom; epigram, quip; proverb, adage, saw, byword; idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase; agrapha; sumpsimus
Hyponym speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
Derivationally related form say → saying

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