idiomatic

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Headlined by conductor Marco Armiliato, soprano Lisette Oropesa as the heroine Elvira and tenor Lawrence Brownlee as her beloved Arturo, this was a musically idiomatic and expressive traversal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Fairy tales, idiomatic expressions, warrior tales all amplified human fear, and led to the systematic extermination of wolves across Britain and Europe.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

The new volume, in a sensitive and briskly idiomatic translation by Ross Benjamin, offers revelation upon revelation.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2023

That's an idiomatic, not a literal, translation of course, but don't you just love that image?

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2022

She sank into the desk chair, thinking cheng yu — idiomatic sayings, the Chinese had a lot of them too.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen