The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class
Idiom:
sound (someone) out or sound out (someone)
Meaning:
to try to find out how a person feels about something by asking him or her questions
Example:
The man has been sounding out his wife to see if she wants to move to a new house.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements or in its grammatically atypical use of words.