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"colloquial expression" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a phrase or saying that is used in spoken language but is not formal enough to be used in writing. For example, "His colloquial expression made everyone laugh."
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No need for this colloquial expression.
No reason for the colloquial expression; make it "try to close".
The colloquial expression seems out of place in this serious context.
"Avoid TMI on the first date," she said, using the colloquial expression for "too much information".
"Sikkapatte traffic!" he said, using a colloquial expression in the local Kannada language to describe the excess on the roads.
In American usage, the phrase "all in" began as a colloquial expression meaning to be in a bad spot exhausted, worn out, and spent.
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"There is so much more to these colloquial expressions than meets the eye," she said.
The frank language and colloquial expressions follow the loosening of societal standards for discourse, reflecting how marketers seek to mirror changes in consumers.
This process is apparent in colloquial expressions such as when someone is called a "cool cat," a "bitch," a "clumsy ox," a "greedy pig," or "foxy".
Ads for Ford trucks, Keystone light beer and Summer's Eve feminine hygiene products use colloquial expressions for manliness that are focused on the testicles.
On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, it is in English (up to a point: the songs, half the show, are in Spanish, and the pointed wit of some colloquial expressions simply evaporates in another language).
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Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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