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turn of expression

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Noun1.turn of expression - a distinctive spoken or written expression; "John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea"
turn of phrase
expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
conceit - a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"
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Rochester, but found none: no trait, no turn of expression announced relationship.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
This was the only retort - except glass or crockery - that the heavy creature was capable of making; but, I became as highly incensed by it as if it had been barbed with wit, and I immediately rose in my place and said that I could not but regard it as being like the honourable Finch's impudence to come down to that Grove - we always talked about coming down to that Grove, as a neat Parliamentary turn of expression - down to that Grove, proposing a lady of whom he knew nothing.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
He who would imitate an ancient language with success, must attend rather to its grammatical character, turn of expression, and mode of arrangement, than labour to collect extraordinary and antiquated terms, which, as I have already averred, do not in ancient authors approach the number of words still in use, though perhaps somewhat altered in sense and spelling, in the proportion of one to ten.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Sir Walter View in context
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