Idiom and Expression

noun

• A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
  • synonyms: parlance
• The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
  • usage: "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
  • synonyms: dialect, accent
• The style of a particular artist or school or movement.
  • usage: "an imaginative orchestral idiom"
  • synonyms: artistic style
• An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.
  • synonyms: idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase

• (n.) Dialect; a variant form of a language.
• (n.) An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.
• (n.) The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

noun

• The feelings expressed on a person's face.
  • usage: "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
  • synonyms: look, aspect, facial expression, face
• Expression without words.
  • usage: "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
  • synonyms: manifestation, reflection, reflexion
• The communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions.
  • usage: "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"
  • synonyms: verbal expression, verbalism
• A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.
  • usage: "pardon the expression"
  • synonyms: saying, locution
• The style of expressing yourself.
  • usage: "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
  • synonyms: formulation
• A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.
  • synonyms: formula
• Genetics) the process of expressing a gene. (
• A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
  • usage: "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
  • synonyms: construction, grammatical construction
• The act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing.
  • usage: "the expression of milk from her breast"

• (n.) The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.
• (n.) The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
• (n.) The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
• (n.) That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.
• (n.) A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.
• (n.) Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.