idiom
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The Dodgers acquired Skubal in an abundantly predictable bombshell trade with the Detroit Tigers in exchange for a trio of prospects, wanting to test the idiom that a ballclub can never have enough pitching.
From Los Angeles Times â Aug. 17, 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 â Feb. 21, 2026
Or, to use a Chinese idiom: kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
From BBC â Nov. 8, 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 â Oct. 12, 2025
He was mastering Creole “like a rat,” in the Haitian idiom, and he stopped to talk to peasants whenever he could, soaking up information.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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 â 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 â 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 â Dec. 28, 2024
She believes wellness culture has become culty in its own right, with wishy-washy aspects from different belief systems amalgamated into social media-friendly idioms.
From Los Angeles Times â Oct. 22, 2024
In the first part of the 1986 article, Joseph H. Greenberg, a linguist at Stanford, proclaimed that the profusion of idioms was more apparent than real.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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