Synset:expression saying
Examples:
- pardon the expression
Derivationally Related Form:say
Hypernyms:language oral communication speech speech communication spoken communication spoken language voice communication
Inherited Hypernyms:sayingspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Beatitudeadageadvice and consentagraphaambiguityanatomicalanatomical referenceaxiombywordcalquecalque formationcatchworddysphemismepigrameuphemismidiomidiomatic expressionloan translationlogionmaximmottophrasal idiomphraseproverbquipsawset phraseshibbolethshucksslogansouthernismsumpsimustongue twister
Full Hyponyms:
advice and consentagraphaambiguityamphibologyanatomical referenceaphorismbeatitudebuscalquecatchphrasedouble entendredysphemismepigrameuphemismgnomeidiomlogionloopholemantramaximmoralismmottomurphy's lawold manparisologyproverbruralismshuckssouthernismsumpsimustongue twisterwar cry