id·i·om
?id??m/
noun
noun: idiom; plural noun: idioms

    1.
    a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).
    synonyms:	language, mode of expression, turn of phrase, style, speech, locution, diction, usage, phraseology, phrasing, phrase, vocabulary, terminology, parlance, jargon, argot, cant, patter, tongue, vernacular;
    informallingo
    "these musicians all work in the gospel idiom"

elbow grease
Fig. hard scrubbing. Tom: What did you use to get your car so shiny? Mary: Just regular wax and some elbow grease. Joe put a lot of elbow grease into cleaning the kitchen.

turn something over in one's mind
Fig. to think about something. I have to turn your suggestion over in my mind a bit before I decide what to do. After Alice had turned the matter over in her mind, she gave us her verdict. Please take some time to turn over this matter in your mind.


He learned to whisper in a sawmill.

He has a face made for radio.