IDIOM in a Sentence
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11 example sentences for IDIOM, such as:
1. Every language has its own idioms.
2. The English language has many idioms.
3. It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.
4. He understood how to say the grandest things in the most vulgar of idioms.
5. McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.
2. The English language has many idioms.
3. It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.
4. He understood how to say the grandest things in the most vulgar of idioms.
5. McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of IDIOM
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idiom
n. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
n. the style of a particular artist or school or movement
Classic Sentence:
1 And I," replied the visitor, changing his idiom, "know enough of English to keep up the conversation.
2 Study and investigation of this strange idiom lead to the mysterious point of intersection of regular society with society which is accursed.
3 Cranly's speech, unlike that of Davin, had neither rare phrases of Elizabethan English nor quaintly turned versions of Irish idioms.
4 He understood how to say the grandest things in the most vulgar of idioms.
Example Sentence:
1 McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.
2 To "have bitten off more than you can chew" is an idiom that means you have tried to do something which is too difficult for you.
3 The phrase "to lose one's marbles" is an idiom: if I say that Joe's lost his marbles, I'm not asking you to find some for him. I'm telling you that he's crazy.
4 Every language has its own idioms.
5 The English language has many idioms.
6 It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.
7 It is a reference of 2733 English idioms and idiomatic expressions with definitions.