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idioms

  • plural
    of idiom.
    idiom
    noun
    an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.

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Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

AI-powered bots handle some tasks entirely, and can help translate or flag idioms for human agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

It's hard to miss the evidence: huge, bright ads of chilli-laced dishes and, sometimes, Chinese idioms, in malls, buses and subway stations.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

Nothing more comforting than hearing a bunch of guys from San Clemente describe things as “gnarly” or Australians deploy idioms that I could only dream of.

From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024

The idioms, the figures of speech that make language rich and full of the poetry of place and time must go.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck