idioms

Example Sentences

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Idioms like, my foot! or the even better my fanny!, both spoken as fed-up, impassioned versions of “Well, I don’t believe that,” were a little confusing for a while.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024

Idioms such as “terrible twos” might help parents know that tantrums are normal, but they can also obscure the reasons they’re normal, Klein says: No, your once-sweet baby hasn’t randomly morphed into a monster.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2019

And Lana Mae’s all-too frequent folksy sayings, which seem lifted from some Idioms “R” Us website, lack the coloration of genuine regional wit.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2017

And my Dictionary of American Idioms, “impossible to find in Mexico,” I tell her, with gems like “whitewash” and “the whole kit and caboodle.”

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2017

Idioms are established by custom, and cannot be explained by logical rules.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland