idiom

Example Sentences

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Or, to use a Chinese idiom: kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

They are embracing a Chinese idiom: “breaking the surface of the water.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

It may be the most overused idiom to ever exist, but life is short; the only way to live it is to try our hardest to like it.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

Accent and idiom are firmly in command as she transitions from Southern Gothic to surrealist horror, never losing sight of a character who’s as fragile as she is formidable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

“But Response was good,” Chacko prompted, trying to speak in the same idiom.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy