idiom

Example Sentences

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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

AI-powered bots handle some tasks entirely, and can help translate or flag idioms for human agents.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said it was a "sign of validation" to achieve recognition with a story "deeply rooted in its own idiom".

From Barron's

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

Or, to use a Chinese idiom: kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

From BBC