Sample Sentences foridiom (editor-reviewed)
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Having just arrived from Egypt, I did not understand what she meant by the idiom, "Don't cut corners."idiom = an expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
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The composer’s latest symphony masterfully employs the orchestral idiom, weaving together rich melodies and harmonies to create a truly breathtaking musical experience.idiom = distinctive way (in this case, in which orchestral music is composed and performed)
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She was not familiar with the idiom, "bite the bullet."idiom = an expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
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I stared through the Russian girl in her double-breasted gray suit, rattling off idiom after idiom in her own unknowable tongue-which Constantin said was the most difficult part, because the Russians didn't have the same idioms as our idioms-and I wished with all my heart I could crawl into her and spend the rest of my life barking out one idiom after another. (source)
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Bullhead City is a community in the oxymoronic, late-twentieth-century idiom.† (source)
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"But Response was good," Chacko prompted, trying to speak in the same idiom.† (source)
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Wondering if the comlog had translated the word "sleep" properly or if it might be an idiom or metaphor for "die," I nodded and followed them toward the village at the edge of the Cleft.† (source)
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The words he uses are the idioms of popular songs and poems in the newspaper.† (source)
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The ones who saw our isle as a morsel of Red China's pleasure have struck their faces in keen astonishment to see many great so-called powers of the olden guard reel in dismay before our leaping strides and charged-up hustling, freewheeling idiom of high-tech personal accomplishment and betterment of all peoples.† (source)
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And thanks to the word's versatility, the Russian people had finally been able to dispense with tired formalities, antiquated titles, bothersome idioms—even names!† (source)
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"Fan club," explained Old Chao, idiom book in hand.† (source)
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Between Yiddish and gutter Russian, jumbled through a slur of Brooklynese and slang picked up from rap songs, sometimes Grisha's idioms didn't make it into any kind of English I could understand.† (source)
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They spoke in an idiom that I'd never heard before.† (source)
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She has learned it well, its idioms, its nuances.† (source)
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'Man !' said the Chinese, drawing out the word, using the particular American idiom.† (source)
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The idioms for revenge are "report a crime" and "report to five families."† (source)
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