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The expression "en pointe", though, means "in an acute angle", and, figuratively, it qualifies the most progressive or modern things (ideas, industry). en route on the way. Often written and pronounced "On route" in British English. enfant terrible lit. "terrible child"; a disruptively unconventional person. ennui
taper, tomber sur les nerfs: to irritate someone, "get on one's nerves" Only taper sur les nerfs in France. tête(s) carrée(s) English-Canadians Used only in Quebec, this term can be considered pejorative or even a racial slur. Literally "square head(s)" in English. toé (toi) you (informal) tsé (tu sais) you know
Déformation professionnelle (French: [defɔʁmasjɔ̃ pʁɔfɛsjɔnɛl], professional deformation or job conditioning) is a tendency to look at things from the point of view of one's own profession or special expertise, rather than from a broader or humane perspective.
In grammar, a phrase—called expression in some contexts—is a group of words or singular word acting as a grammatical unit. For instance, the English expression "the very happy squirrel" is a noun phrase which contains the adjective phrase "very happy". Phrases can consist of a single word or a complete sentence.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
An idiom is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or non-literal meaning, rather than making any literal sense. Categorized as formulaic language , an idiomatic expression's meaning is different from the literal meanings of each word inside it. [ 1 ]
Expression (linguistics), a word, phrase, or sentence; Expression (mathematics), Symbolic description of a mathematical object; Fixed expression, a form of words with a specific meaning; Idiom, a type of fixed expression; Metaphorical expression, a particular word, phrase, or form of words that has a different meaning than its literal form
An expression is labeled colloq. for "colloquial" in dictionaries when a different expression is preferred in formal usage, but this does not mean that the colloquial expression is necessarily slang or non-standard. Some colloquial language contains a great deal of slang, but some contains no slang at all.