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Another favorite the ensemble performs is “Ain’a That Good News,” a more lively tune which idiomatically chronicles the rewards waiting in heaven: “I got a crown up in-a that kingdom / Ain’a that good news!”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
“When Basia was asked to come and clean house,” he said in 1985, “she took it idiomatically instead of literally.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2020
When someone talks idiomatically about a “house on fire,” she gets upset.
From The Verge ● Jan. 28, 2020
She tries to write as idiomatically as possible for each instrument, a skill facilitated by her study of violin and flute in the Soviet Union.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2013
Hong Kong, or Jericho, or, to speak idiomatically, "where the pepper grows."
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
