colloquialism

Hegseth flippantly employed villainous colloquialism – “they are toast and they know it,” “we play for keeps,” and “President Trump got the last laugh” – delivered with a combative tone that communicated masculine self-assurance.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

“I laugh because I’m like, con el nopal en la frente,” she said, lightly slapping her forehead after uttering a colloquialism often used to emphasize someone’s evident Mexican roots via their appearance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2024

“Gun embodiment gets at the idea of the old colloquialism ‘When you’re holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail.’”

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

Although the Q Score may no longer be the casual cultural colloquialism it was once, it still remains vital enough for advertising companies and movie studios — among others — to purchase the data.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022

The colloquialism expressive of the promotion of a flag-lieutenant and midshipman on an admiral's hauling down his flag.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

Gilroy set to work meticulously highlighting the Maine-area colloquialisms and metaphors and building out Detective Mackey as a Javert-type villain, echoing the relentless inspector in Victor Hugo’s "Les Misérables."

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025

The plan is to take suggestions—from field marks, Indigenous names, colloquialisms … from anywhere—narrow it down, somehow, to a few options, and let people decide.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2024

That year, it adopted a new policy, saying messages should avoid “witticisms, colloquialisms, popular cultural or slang references.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2023

Then, a native English speaker assesses the fluency of the translation, taking into account some of the colloquialisms of the non-English language.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

But for the pageant, she doesn’t want to hear me speak any street talk, or, as she calls it, colloquialisms.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles