Possible Clues:

• I would find ten more initially to see the light for example
• Zeus's inamorata in midstream in a manner of speaking
• In a manner of speaking, I had ten thousand like this
• Means of expressing identity on island in the Irish Sea
• 'Going to the dogs,' e.g.
• 'Green thumb' or 'purple prose'
• Language used by group, parlance
• In dialect, it's one mode to start with
• Oddly neglected Bird Man, in a manner of speaking
• Shoot the breeze, e.g