indirect speech 
noun
Another term for reported speech.Today, they slyly tried to report indirect speech as direct speech....
- It is not used in indirect speech, because a reported question is part of a statement: I asked you whether you wanted more to eat.
- Their problem is to understand when people talk in indirect speech and use irony, idioms and metaphors because they take each sentence literally.
- in (or of) a twitter
- in (or on) form
- in (or out of) character
- in (or out of) circulation
- in (or out of) condition
- in (or out of) contention
- in (or out of) fashion
- in (or out of) favour
- in (or out of) keeping with
- in (or out of) key
- in (or out of) line with
- in (or out of) phase
- in (or out of) someone's hair
- in (or out of) step
- in (or out of) stock
- in (or out of) sync
- in (or out of) the betting
- in (or out of) the loop
- in (or out of) the running
- in (or out of) training
- in (or out of) tune
- in (or over) the course of time
- in (or to) excess
- in (or under) full sail
- in (or with) calf