as in phrase
a sequence of words having a specific meaning
the English idiom "how are you doing?" is our version of a greeting that in some other languages can be translated as "how are you going?"
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Recent Examples of idiom
Best known as a savvy drummer deeply versed in a broad swath of pre-World War II idioms like ragtime, Delta blues, and swing, Devine is at home surrounded by the artifacts and ephemera that captured the sounds and spirit of that era.
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Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
There’s a fabled idiom that if the mountain won’t come to Mohammad, then Mohammad might need to go to the mountain.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Further into the party hub of Anjuna, restaurants like Slow Tide are finding an idiom of their own, reinterpreting flavors of the Konkan coast and shaking up some surprising feni cocktails with local ingredients and seasonal cues.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
Even names, idioms, and cultural references are sometimes exoticized or reduced to caricatures, reinforcing narrow or misleading representations.
—Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
There’s a fabled idiom that if the mountain won’t come to Mohammad, then Mohammad might need to go to the mountain.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Further into the party hub of Anjuna, restaurants like Slow Tide are finding an idiom of their own, reinterpreting flavors of the Konkan coast and shaking up some surprising feni cocktails with local ingredients and seasonal cues.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
Even names, idioms, and cultural references are sometimes exoticized or reduced to caricatures, reinforcing narrow or misleading representations.
—Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Somewhere in the blood and muck of things, to borrow Cave’s phrase.—
Stephanie Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
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Bannon also pushed back at Netanyahu's attempt to co-opt MAGA phrases, citing specifically what the Israeli prime minister told ABC News' Jonathan Karl on Monday as part of his campaign to pressure Trump to act.—
Rick Klein,
ABC News,
18 June 2025
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“Idiom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiom. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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