Usually means: Fixed expression with metaphorical meaning.
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Definitions from WordNet (phrasal idiom)

▸ noun:  an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up


Opposite:
literal, straightforward, plain, direct

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Opposite:
literal, straightforward, plain, direct




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