What does the idiom in this text suggest?
"Speak of the devil!" Abigail declared when Craig strolled into the room.
Abigail thought Craig was a troublemaker. Abigail had just been speaking about Craig.
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 Abigail had just been speaking about Craig. People say this when the person they've just been speaking about coincidentally arrives, as if summoned.