turn of phrase

1. An expression. I understood what she was saying until she used a turn of phrase that I had never heard.

2. An eloquent style of writing or speaking. That writer's turn of phrase has earned him many accolades and awards.

a ˌturn of ˈphrase

a particular way of saying something or describing something: She has a very amusing turn of phrase.

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(one) can whistle for it
a piece of the action
a piece/slice of the action
appear to
a change of heart
a bit of the action
a mystery to (one)
about face, to do an
a fair suck of the sauce bottle
as brown as a berry

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