idioms

Example Sentences

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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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • Oct. 22, 2024

They have absorbed a vast inventory of words, idioms, constructions, tropes, and rhetorical tricks, and with them a sensitivity to how they mesh and how they clash.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker