Crossword Clue: Figures of speech
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Matching Crossword Puzzle Answers for "Figures of speech"
Below is the complete list of answers we found in our database for Figures of speech:
Possibly related crossword clues for "Figures of speech"
Based on the answers listed above, we also found some clues that are possibly similar or related to Figures of speech:
- Argots
- Blue-collar and pink-slip
- Common phrases
- "Break a leg" and "running on empty"
- "Eat crow" and "talk turkey"
- Eat crow and talk turkey, e.g.
- ''Eat crow'' and ''talk turkey''
- Challenges for language learners
- "It costs an arm and a leg" and "wait on someone hand and foot," for example
- Characteristic styles
- "Elbow grease" and "head honcho"
- Hot potatoes and cold fish?
- Figures of speech
- Dialects of a region
- Dialects of regions
- Dialects
- "Chew the fat" and "eat crow"
- "Hands down" and "cold feet"
- "Hands down" and "eating crow," for two
- "Hands down" and "Talk turkey"
- "Hang your head" and "eating crow"
- Hurdles for language learners
- Distinct styles
- "Crack a joke" and "cut corners," e.g.
- Clever turns of phrases
- Everyday expressions
- Curry favor and crack a joke, e.g.
- Cold feet and hot air
- Colloquial sayings
- Colloquialisms
- Colorful phrases
- Manners of speaking
- Out to lunch and having a bite
- Some dictionary entries
- "Shake a leg" and "break a leg"
- Tough phrases for foreigners
- Vernacular phrases
- Some long crossword answers
- Translator's challenges
- Subject in foreign language class
- "Rat race" or "cash cow"
- Local expressions
- Language learner's challenges
- Potential trouble for Google Translate
- Regional dialects
- Nonliteral phrases
- Make a scene and act up
- Turns of phrase
- Speech mannerisms
- They trip up foreigners
- They're hard to translate
- They're not literal
- They're not meant literally
- They're not to be taken literally
- They're seldom taken literally
- "Tickled pink" and "in the red"
- See red, talk a blue streak, etc.
- "Seeing red" and "Going green"
- "Toe the line" and "thumb a ride," for example: 2 wds.
Recent Usage of Figures of speech in Crossword Puzzles
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Here are all of the places we know of that have used Figures of speech in their crossword puzzles recently:
- WSJ Daily - Sept. 26, 2020
- Newsday - Dec. 8, 2019
- LA Times - March 19, 2019
- Sheffer - July 11, 2018
- Washington Post Sunday Magazine - April 22, 2018
- Sheffer - Nov. 4, 2017
- Daily Celebrity - Nov. 11, 2016
- Joseph - Nov. 21, 2015
- Washington Post - Nov. 20, 2015
- Daily Celebrity - July 31, 2015
- Universal Crossword - April 23, 2015
- Pat Sajak Code Letter - Aug. 1, 2014
- CRooked Crosswords - June 29, 2014
- Joseph - May 15, 2014
- Universal Crossword - April 9, 2014
- Sheffer - Nov. 25, 2013
- USA Today - Dec. 15, 2012
- Sheffer - Nov. 30, 2010
- Joseph - Nov. 15, 2008
- Universal Crossword - May 29, 2002