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idiom

[id-ee-uhm] / ˈÉĒd i əm /


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Please put on your batteries — a Mexican Spanish idiom that means to cowboy up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

But, more pertinently, Hegseth’s fear of the phrase “diversity is our strength,” an idiom so blandly inoffensive you can probably find it embroidered on a hand towel at T.J.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

Perhaps more pertinent is the footballing idiom 'doing a Leeds', which addresses the Whites' fall during that era from the dizzying heights of a Champions League semi-final to relegation three years later.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

He said it was a "sign of validation" to achieve recognition with a story "deeply rooted in its own idiom".

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

NOTE.—This suffix, except when signifying an idiom, is found only in words of Greek origin.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

Set partly in Eatonville, one of the country’s first incorporated all-black towns, the novel is rich in regional idioms and mythologies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

It's hard to miss the evidence: huge, bright ads of chilli-laced dishes and, sometimes, Chinese idioms, in malls, buses and subway stations.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

Nothing more comforting than hearing a bunch of guys from San Clemente describe things as “gnarly” or Australians deploy idioms that I could only dream of.

From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024

She believes wellness culture has become culty in its own right, with wishy-washy aspects from different belief systems amalgamated into social media-friendly idioms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024

They have absorbed a vast inventory of words, idioms, constructions, tropes, and rhetorical tricks, and with them a sensitivity to how they mesh and how they clash.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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