Crossword Clue: Turn of phrase

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Possibly related crossword clues for "Turn of phrase"

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• Barking up the wrong tree, e.g.
• A manner of speaking
• "Ants in one's pants" or "bee in one's bonnet"
• "Beat a dead horse," e.g.
• Beat around the bush, e.g.
• "Apple of my eye," for example
• A way of saying things
• Bed of roses, e.g.
• Area dialect
• Argot
• Bit of dialect
• Bite the bullet, e.g.
• "Bite the dust," e.g.
• "Bad apple," for example
• "Bad apple" or "big cheese"
• "Dark horse" or "bring to light"
• "Hit the books" is one
• Hit the ceiling, e.g.
• "Hit the ceiling" or "drive up the wall"
• Hit the ceiling, say
• "Hit the hay" or "hit the road"
• Hit the hay, say
• Hit the road, say
• Hit the sack, e.g.
• Common phrase
• "Green thumb" or "purple prose"
• "Eat crow," e.g.
• "Eat crow" is one
• "Eat crow" or "talk turkey"
• Challenge for a nonnative speaker
• Challenge for a translator
• Challenge for an E.S.L. student
• Challenge for an interpreter
• Challenge for translation
• Feel blue or see red
• "Full of beans" or "in a pickle," e.g.
• Characteristic style
• Confusing phrase for nonnatives
• "Horse around" or "rain cats and dogs"
• "Hot to trot" or "cold feet"
• Figurative expression
• Figurative language
• Figurative phrase
• Figure of speech like "chewing the fat"
• Figure of speech like "raise the roof" or "hit the ceiling"
• Figure of speech such as "It's raining cats and dogs"
• Figure of speech such as "spill the beans"
• Figure of speech
• Dialect of a people
• Dialect of a region
• Dialect
• “How are you?” for instance.
• Cool beans or warm fuzzies
• It shouldn't be taken literally
• Firing on all cylinders, e.g.
• "Hang one's head," e.g.
• "Hang your head," for instance
• Burn the midnight oil, e.g.
• "Burn the midnight oil," for one
• ''Burn the midnight oil,'' for one
• Hard-to-translate phrase
• By hook or by crook, e.g.
• By the seat of one's pants, e.g.
• It's just an expression
• It's not literal
• Get one's goat, e.g.
• "It's raining cats and dogs," for one
• Immigrant's hurdle
• Jargon
• ''Fly off the handle,'' e.g.
• Fly off the handle, e.g.
• "Fly off the handle," for one
• "Fly off the handle" is one
• "Dog-tired" or "cat burglar"
• In a pickle or in a jam
• Go for broke, e.g.
• "In my bag," e.g.
• Don't take it literally
• "Go to the dogs," e.g.
• "In seventh heaven" or "on cloud nine"
• Jive or rap
• "In the doghouse," e.g.
• "In the doghouse," for one
• "In the raw," "in the red" or "in the running"
• "In the red," e.g.
• In the red or in the black?
• In the wings or in full swing
• For crying out loud, e.g.
• "For crying out loud," e.g.
• "For one," for one
• "Double talk" is one
• "Going to the dogs," e.g.
• Going to the dogs, e.g.
• ''Going to the dogs,'' e.g.
• "Going to the dogs," for example
• Down in the dumps, e.g.
• Down in the dumps, say
• "Cut corners" or "slash prices"
• Expression
• Form or variety of language
• Expression not meant to be taken literally
• Expression that doesn't translate literally
• Cold shoulder or hot corner
• Cut to the chase, say
• Cash in one's chips or pay the ultimate price, e.g.
• Colloquial phrase
• Colloquial saying
• Colloquial turn of phrase
• Colloquialism
• Jump the shark, e.g.
• "Jump the shark," e.g.
• "Jump the shark" is one
• Colorful phrase
• "Cat got your tongue?" e.g.
• Manner of speaking or writing
• Manner of speaking
• Set phrase
• Many a long crossword answer
• Many a long crossword entry
• Kick the bucket, for example
• ''Kick the bucket,'' for one
• "Kick the bucket" is one
• "Rob Peter to pay Paul," for one
• Tough phrase for an interpreter
• Tough phrase for foreigners
• "Over a barrel" or "under the weather"
• Vernacular turn.
• Vernacular
• "Rock and roll," e.g.
• "The devil is in the details," e.g.
• "Put on the dog" or "scaredy-cat"
• "Put two and two together," e.g.
• Strong suit or weak sauce
• "Play it by ear" or "see eye to eye"
• Translating challenge
• Translator's challenge
• Translator's hurdle
• Translator's obstacle
• Vocabulary characteristic of a specific group
• "Knock it off" or "get it on," e.g.
• Offbeat phrase
• Shoot the breeze, e.g.
• Quirky phrase
• Shooting fish in a barrel, say
• Lingo or dialect
• Lingo
• Linguistic quirk
• Parlance
• Local language, say
• Local language
• Local lingo
• Local saying
• Language learner's challenge
• Language learner's hurdle
• Language lesson
• Language oddity
• Localised saying
• Language peculiarity
• Language quirk
• Language student's problem
• Language style
• Native speaker's language
• Locution
• "On easy street," e.g.
• "On the ball" or "off the grid"
• "On the ball" or "off the wagon," e.g.
• "On the fence," for example
• One concern of a grammarian
• "One for the books," for one
• One is "easy as pie"
• "Pound the pavement" or "break the ice"
• "Lose one's head" or "lose one's shirt"
• "Red eye" or "green thumb"
• Peculiar expression
• Peculiar speech form
• Regional dialect
• Regional language
• Regional phrase
• Non-literal expression
• Nonliteral expression
• Nonliteral phrase
• Philologist's interest
• Phrase
• Phrase-book entry
• "Piece of cake," e.g.
• "Piece of cake" or "easy as pie"
• "Piece of cake" or "slice of the pie"
• Turn of phrase
• "Speak of the devil," e.g.
• Way of putting things
• Way of speaking
• Speaking style
• Speech form
• Speech style
• "Spill the beans" or "drop a dime"
• Spoken language
• "Sitting duck," e.g.
• Take a chance or take a look
• Take the cake, e.g.
• Take the cake, for example
• "Take the cake" or "cream of the crop"
• Under the weather, e.g.
• ''Under the weather,'' for instance
• "Under wraps" is one
• Talk out of both sides of your mouth, e.g.
• "Talk turkey," e.g.
• ''Talk turkey,'' e.g.
• "Talk turkey," for one
• "Talk turkey" or "Chicken out"
• "Talk turkey" or "eat crow"
• "Throw in the towel," e.g.
• Unintuitive thing for language learners
• Screw the pooch, e.g.
• "Up the creek," e.g.
• "Up the creek," is one
• "Up the creek" or "down the hatch"
• You shouldn't take it literally
• "When pigs fly," e.g.
• "When pigs fly" is one
• TOEFL toughie

Recent Usage of Turn of phrase in Crossword Puzzles

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Here are all of the places we know of that have used Turn of phrase in their crossword puzzles recently:

• Penny Dell - Oct. 23, 2020
• The Guardian Quick - Sept. 8, 2020
• WSJ Daily - July 10, 2020
• WSJ Daily - April 9, 2019
• Penny Dell - Sept. 19, 2016
• Newsday - Nov. 19, 2014
• Jonesin' - Feb. 5, 2013
• Newsday - Oct. 28, 2011
• Wall Street Journal Friday - March 19, 2010

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