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Meanings of idiom in English

Portuguese
expressão idiomática
Catalan
frase feta
Spanish
modismo

An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.

        expressão idiomática
        Portuguese
        dialecto
        Catalan
        dialecte
        Spanish
        dialecto

        The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.

              dialecto
              Russian
              идиома
              Portuguese
              expressão idiomática
              Spanish
              expresion idiomatica
              Catalan
              idiotisme idiomàtic

              Combination of words that has a figurative meaning.

                    идиома
                    Russian
                    идиом
                    Spanish
                    idioma
                    Catalan
                    idioma

                    Language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc; neutral term between ‘language’ and ‘dialect’

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                          Usage of idiom in English
                          1
                          Serge lifted his hand, the physical Belter idiom for asking a question.
                          Abaddon's Gate
                          2
                          For that moment Michael was struck by the idiom Tessio had used.
                          The Godfather
                          3
                          The savages of the Neutral Nation had also adopted the Huron idiom.
                          The Makers of Canada: Champlain
                          4
                          It takes an American idiom and id to properly troll the electorate.
                          Wired
                          5
                          Christine interrupted, not comprehending the technical idiom and not interested in it.
                          The Pretty Lady
                          6
                          The sacred idiom shorn of its referents and so of its reality.
                          The road
                          7
                          You craft a good-enough idiom so you can work on something together.
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          The western idiom constitutes what is more properly called the Turkish language.
                          Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
                          9
                          She says it is the idiom of the local people of Kiltartan.
                          The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
                          10
                          His companions were talking German with the ease of a familiar idiom.
                          Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
                          11
                          One evening Lincoln approached Miss Todd, and said, in his peculiar idiom:
                          Lincoln's Yarns and Stories / A Complete Collection of the Funny...
                          12
                          It's a shape-shifting four-door coupe in the idiom of Mercedes' present CLS-Class.
                          BBC
                          13
                          The gentleman spoke as a foreigner, but imperfectly acquainted with the idiom.
                          Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
                          14
                          Ehyeh asher ehyeh is a Hebrew idiom to express a deliberate vagueness.
                          A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
                          15
                          So absolute is this truth that it has passed into an idiom.
                          The Mountains
                          16
                          Sir Harry illustrated the idiom, lifting an imaginary glass to his mouth.
                          The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales