idioms

Example Sentences

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His major works bear a proudly Jewish cast, invoking both folk and religious idioms to varying degrees while never veering far from the mainstream Western musical traditions and structures in which he was schooled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

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

Shop Talk explores the idioms of the business world: the insider jargon, the newly coined terms, the unfortunate or overused phrases.

From New York Times • May 17, 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