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idiom Noun

— An idiom is a phrase that is not literal. "Break a leg" is an idiom for wishing an actor good luck. — An idiom is a way of expressing oneself or manner of speaking.

idiom

— noun (= parlance) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language — noun (= dialect, accent) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English he has a strong German accent it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy — noun the style of a particular artist or school or movement an imaginative orchestral idiom — noun an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Synonyms idiom synonyms

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idiom English » English

phrase expression saying set phrase proverb dialect parlance idiomatic phrase locution maxim idiomatic expression adage vernacularism usage phrasal idiom patois figure of speech artistic style aphorism accent words wording word wheeling round vernacular veering turning turn tongue tacking slang set expression register pooch phrases phraseology phraseme old saw multi-word expression language kanji compound word idioms idiomatical expression idiomatic wording habit of speech facing example epigram dictum diction

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adage aphorism byword cliché dictum epigram expression idiom motto phrase proverb saying slogan watchword

Examples idiom examples

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Simple sentences

Goethe used this idiom. Why, then, should it be incorrect today?

It's an idiom. You don't have to understand its literal meaning.

It's an idiom.

Movie subtitles

In your own idiom, you're a punk. and a pretty second-rate punk at that.

Idiom, sir?

Idiom!

I'm afraid when I'm in this idiom, I get carried away.

No, it's not right for my idiom.

Who you calling an idiom?

I am curious. What is the etymology of that idiom?

I have the binding rituals, but I'm completely out of my idiom.

English idiom.

Actually, technically, what he was mostly playing. would more accurately be classified in the ragtime idiom.

Anne Murray-- who was actually a Canadian, working in the American idiom.

David Bowie-- who was actually an idiom working in America and Canada.

The idiom indicates an Englishman.

That old idiom.

I wasn't brought to Germany till I was 16. If I know the idiom, I know the attitudes and customs.

You see, when I'm in this idiom, I sometimes get a bit carried away.

Ah yes, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, as the idiom goes.

You, sir, are the idiom.

We are unfamiliar with this particular idiom.

I'd expect more use of idiom for one thing, and it seems almost edited.

It's an idiom.

As I've explained repeatedly to Dr. Koothrappali, whose ability to comprehend the American idiom fails him when it's convenient, there's absolutely no money in my budget for additional office furniture.

Now, how would you get that idiom right?

Is that really a 4 syllable idiom, Mom?

Drilled in idiom idiosyncrasy and ideology.

It's not up to me to take the piss out of someone's idiom, is it?

But you don't change horses in mid -- Idiom!

News and current affairs

Their idiom is current; their instruments of change are today's electronic media.

By using an opaque and convoluted idiom, the only outsiders - reporters, politicians, and academics - who would be able to understand what the central bank was saying would be those who had carefully studied the issues and the language.

By considering a living community sovereign, nationalism implicitly but drastically reduced the relevance of God; even when combined with religion and presented in a religious idiom, it was essentially secular.

In many secessionist regions, like Catalonia in Spain, they are de facto the official idiom.

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