idioms

Example Sentences

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Idioms like, my foot! or the even better my fanny!, both spoken as fed-up, impassioned versions of “Well, I don’t believe that,” were a little confusing for a while.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024

And Lana Mae’s all-too frequent folksy sayings, which seem lifted from some Idioms “R” Us website, lack the coloration of genuine regional wit.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2017

And my Dictionary of American Idioms, “impossible to find in Mexico,” I tell her, with gems like “whitewash” and “the whole kit and caboodle.”

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2017

Idioms like “ruling the roost” permeate the English language.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2017

Bosworth's “Scandinavian Literature,” as to the difference in the arrangement of sentences, and the difference of Idioms between the ancient and modern Scandinavian dialects.48.Rask, pp. xvii. and xix.

From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Johnes, Arthur James