idiom

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Perhaps more pertinent is the footballing idiom 'doing a Leeds', which addresses the Whites' fall during that era from the dizzying heights of a Champions League semi-final to relegation three years later.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Also: It is “a living thing, and like the adoption of a new word, phrase or idiom, each innovation made money more useful; the more useful it was, the more used it became.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 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

“A cup of coffee” is the idiom baseball has created to describe a short stay in the majors.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

“Forget it,” he said, but I knew his quick answer, if anything, was just an American convention, an easy idiom.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee