logical\ periphrasis

перифраз логический (эвфемистический)

a phrase synonymic with the words which were substituted by periphrasis because the direct nomination of the not too elegant feature of appearance was substituted by a roundabout description

- offers more polite (euphemistic) qualification instead of a coarser one

Mr. Du Pont was dressed in the conventional disguise [the suit ] with which Brooks Brothers cover the shame of American millionaires [the paunch (belly)]. (The Morning Star)

I am thinking an unmentionable thing about your mother. (I.Shaw)

Source: V.A.K.

••

эвфемизм

a) a word or phrase used to replace an unpleasant word or expression by a conventionally more acceptable one

b) a synonym which aims at producing a deliberately mild effect

to die = to pass away, to expire, to be no more, to depart, to join the majority, to be gone; to kick the bucket, to give up the ghost, to go west

to lie = to possess a vivid imagination, to tell stories; speak with a forked tongue, throw a curve

They think we have come by this horse in some dishonest manner. [= have stole it] (Ch.Dickens)

Source: I.R.G.

See: periphrasis