idiom
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The Russian leader also used a Chinese idiom to express to Xi how much he had missed him: “A day without you feels like three autumns have passed.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
"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
He said it was a "sign of validation" to achieve recognition with a story "deeply rooted in its own idiom".
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
When a reader is forced to work through one stale idiom after another, she stops converting the language into mental images and slips back into just mouthing the words.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing idiom
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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Vivacious Vernacular: Words About Slang
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