WordNet: expression, locution, saying

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

• hypernym language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication

• hyponym Beatitude

• hyponym logion

• hyponym calque, calque formation, loan translation

• hyponym advice and consent

• hyponym ambiguity

• hyponym euphemism

• hyponym dysphemism

• hyponym shucks

• hyponym tongue twister

• hyponym anatomical, anatomical reference

• hyponym southernism

• hyponym catchword, motto, shibboleth, slogan

• hyponym axiom, maxim

• hyponym epigram, quip

• hyponym adage, byword, proverb, saw

• hyponym idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase

• hyponym agrapha

• hyponym sumpsimus

expression

• (suomi) ilmaisu (synonyymi)

locution

• (suomi) puheenparsi (synonyymi)

saying

• (englanti) say (derivationally related)
• (suomi) sanonta (synonyymi)