idiom

"Needham is running point" on Greenland, said a senior diplomat with knowledge of the talks, using a military idiom to describe Needham's leadership role.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Part of that idiom is the boisterous humour that the Punjab region is known for, portrayed in part through Sajawal's mother, the imposing matriarch Sohni Ammi.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

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

This borrowed idiom will be deployed at maximum volume, with no connection to an underlying structure of steel and concrete—the Palais de Versailles by way of Café Versailles.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025

They spoke in an idiom that I’d never heard before.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

Harold knows nothing of the real world, including irony, idioms or brands, and like Amelia, he takes everything literally, which is a problem when he’s wielding a crayon that can draw anything into being.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024

She was drawing up idioms in the list, visions of me in the whitest raw light, instant snapshots of the difficult truths native to our time together.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee