IDIOM

IDIOM


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Dictionary definitions:


Word: idiom
Phonetic: /ˈɪdɪəm/
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A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, person, or group of people.
A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
An established expression whose meaning is not deducible from the literal meanings of its component words, often peculiar to a given language.
An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.


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Apple of my eye
Beat a dead horse
Bite the dust
Burn the midnight oil
Cat got your tongue? e.g.
Chew the scenery is one
Drink the Kool-Aid
Dyed in the wool is one
Eat crow or talk turkey
Eat crow
For crying out loud
For one
Go to the dogs
Going to the dogs
Hang ones head
Hang your head
Hes a diamond in the rough
I heard it through the grapevine
In the doghouse
In the raw
Jump the shark
Kick the bucket
Knock it off or get it on
Loose as a goose
Lose ones head or lose ones shirt
Off the beam is one
On the back burner
On the road or hang ones head
One for the books
Piece of cake
Put two and two together
Red-letter day is one
Seven year itch
Talk turkey
Under the weather
Under wraps is one
Up the creek
Chew the fat
A manner of speaking
A way of saying things
Bit of dialect
Bite the bullet
By hook or by crook
Challenge for a foreign language learner
Challenge for a non-native
Challenge for a nonnative speaker
Characteristic style
Colloquialism
Colorful phrase
Common expression
Confusing phrase for nonnatives
Creative expression
Cut to the chase
Dialect
Dialect of a region
Dialects cousin
Down in the dumps
ESL students toughie
Expression
Expression like in the doghouse or kick the bucket
Expression that doesnt translate literally
Figurative phrase
Figure of speech
Firing on all cylinders
Fly off the handle
Go for broke
Hard-to-translate phrase
Hit the ceiling
Hit the hay
Hit the sack
Immigrants challenge
Immigrants hurdle
It shouldnt be taken literally
Its not literal
Jargon
Language learners challenge
Language learners hurdle
Language lesson
Language nuance
Language oddity
Language peculiarity
Language quirk
Language students problem
Lingo
Linguistic quirk
Local language
Local way of speaking
Manner of expression
Manner of speaking
Manner or style of expression
Many a long crossword entry
Native speakers language
No laughing matter
Non-literal expression
Offbeat phrase
One is easy as pie
Parlance
Part of DiMaggios language.
Particular dialect
Patois
Peculiar expression
Peculiar speech form
Peculiar to a language
Phrase that doesnt translate
Phrase-book entry
Punk rock
Punsters prey
Regional language
Regional phrase
Regional speech
Screw the pooch
Shoot the breeze
Source of some linguistic confusion
Speaking style
Specialized phrase
Speech style
Spoken language
Style
Sunday week or the other day
TOEFL toughie
Tough phrase for an interpreter
Toughie for a language learner
Toughie for an ESL student
Translating challenge
Translators challenge
Translators obstacle
Turn of phrase
Unintuitive thing for language learners
Vernacularism
Way of putting things
Way of speaking
Way with words
Vernacular
Characteristic expression.
Item of the vernacular.
How are you? for instance.
Vernacular turn.
A turn of speech.
Turn of speech.
Characteristic speech.
Language or dialect.
Tongue or dialect.
Accepted phrase or expression.
Accepted phrase.
Common usage.
Style of expression
___ manner of speaking
How are you? for example.
Language ___
Form of expression.
Accepted solecism.
Tongue
Language style
Area dialect
Regional dialect
Lingo or dialect
Dialect of a people
One concern of a grammarian
Speech form
Language student's problem
Philologist's interest
Going to the dogs, e.g.
Up the creek, e.g.
Talk turkey, e.g.
By hook or by crook, e.g.
Translator's obstacle
For crying out loud, e.g.
Go for broke, e.g.
Translator's challenge
Local language, say
Knock it off or get it on, e.g.
Hit the ceiling, say
Cut to the chase, say
In the raw, in the red or in the running
No laughing matter, e.g.
Green thumb or purple prose
Jump the shark, e.g.
Hot to trot or cold feet
In the red, e.g.
Burn the midnight oil, e.g.
Challenge for an E.S.L. student
Double talk is one
Piece of cake or easy as pie
Play it by ear or see eye to eye
In the wings or in full swing
In a pickle or in a jam
Horse around or rain cats and dogs
Hit the nail on the head, e.g.
Peculiarity of phrase in a language
Characteristic style of a period
Form of linguistic expression
Specific vocabulary
Expression that does not make literal sense
Expression that's characteristic of particular group
Special linguistic usage
Peculiarity of language
Form or variety of language
Manner of speaking or writing
Saying specific to a certain language
Colloquial saying
Vocabulary characteristic of a specific group
Expression used by kid I omitted
Expression used by one daughter on the Isle of Man
Nothing seen in one obscure turn of phrase
One not clear about old expression
‘A fool will spend time to gain money’: it’s an expression
Fool almost getting married, in a manner of speaking
Everyman would back me in France for use of local lingo
Saying
I faint without love, in a manner of speaking
I do get confused when I'm about to give certain type of speech
Identification of island dialect
Style produced by the same ten models originally
1 - 0 in mid-tour, in a manner of speaking
Over in Bergamo, I discussed language
An expression: Find widow, Mr Regular!
Identification for the Isle of Man, in a manner of speaking
Zeus's inamorata in midstream in a manner of speaking
Dictator given order shows a particular expression
Man following some subconscious speech pattern
Some said I omitted dialect!
How to talk about instincts? Me? Coming up!
I had become attached to the Isle of Man in a manner of speaking
Me, pretentious, girl? Au contraire, in a manner of speaking
Former African leader taken up with girl, in a manner of speaking
I love to get stuck into stupid dialect
Turn of phrase that shows who I am when I'm backed
Expression I love: Dusky shrouds
I had isolated part of the UK, in a manner of speaking
Cut corners or slash prices
By the seat of ones pants, e.g.
Cold shoulder or hot corner
Beat around the bush, e.g.
Strong suit or weak sauce
Take the cake or cream of the crop
Cool beans or warm fuzzies
Down in the dumps, say
Moron's tail replaced by moron's head, in a manner of speaking
Southern France backs introduction of old patois
Quirky phrase
Dog-tired or cat burglar
34 Across, for instance.
Rock and roll, e.g.
Talk turkey or Chicken out
On the ball or off the grid
Take a chance or take a look
Over a barrel or under the weather
Fall in love or fall to pieces
White lightning, e.g.
Over the moon or on cloud nine, for instance
Belted out a song, for example
Hot to trot or cool as a cucumber
Hold your horses, for example
You shouldnt take it literally
Green thumb or white elephant
Phrase thats not to be taken literally
'I shall go first!' — little bossy woman oppressing Vlad, in a manner of speaking
iCat-and-mouse game/i or idog-and-pony show/i, e.g.
It's commonly said
Off the grid or on the ball
Challenge for a language learner
Piece of cake, e.g.
Set phrase
Under the weather, say
Under the weather, say
Curved sword
Military command
Egyptian capital?
Passenger ship
Something to get one going regularly: cucumbers!
Ireland finding start of Easter Rising strangely affecting
Band of vicars good to make arrest outside
Workers organisation
Favourite saying
Local linguistic usage
Local turn of phrase
One clergyman describing Italy's dialect
One slow to comprehend old dialect
Expression of unwise person taking time off to get married
I love to wear dumb expression
Dialect Id picked up in Isle of Man
Common phrase
Cat got your tongue? e.g.
Under the weather or over the moon, e.g.
Talk turkey or chicken feed
Gloom and doom, for example
The early bird catches the worm, e.g.
Dialect used by papers on the Isle of Man
Cool as a cucumber or Pot, meet kettle
Pardon my French or Its raining cats and dogs, e.g.
Chicken out or talk turkey
identity needed by Man in a manner of speaking
Put two and two together, e.g.
Artistic style
Term not to take literally
Pardon my French, e.g.
Donkey with tail docked has hint of mule, in a manner of speaking
Challenge for a translator, maybe
Never say never, say
Cold feet or cold shoulder
Across the street or memory lane
Language students challenge
A particular turn of phrase: I had - on the Isle of Man
Challenge for a translator, perhaps
One unclear about love language?
Right as rain, for example
Characteristic style of Oscar Wilde I am occasionally to cover
Cold feet or hot seat
Figure of speech like under the weather or over the moon
Figurative expression
The elephant in the room, for example
Phrase
Kick to the curb, for one
Bite the bullet or bite off more than one can chew, e.g.
‘A piece of cake’ or ‘a walk in the park’, say
"Break the ice" or "break a leg"
Challenge for an interpreter, perhaps




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