What does the idiom in this text suggest?
"Speak of the devil!" Whitney declared when Charlie strolled into the room.
Whitney had just been speaking about Charlie. Whitney didn't trust Charlie.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood literally. Its meaning must be learned.
The assignment was a piece of cake.
The text uses an idiom, an expression that cannot be understood literally.
The idiom speak of the devil suggests that Whitney had just been speaking about Charlie. People say this when the person they've just been speaking about coincidentally arrives, as if summoned.