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idiom
/ˈɪdiəm/
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What does idiom mean?
noun
- A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context, etc.
More meanings (2)
noun
- An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
- An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɪdiəm/
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Study and investigation of this strange idiom lead to the mysterious point of intersection of regular society with society which is accursed.
But I cannot help thinking that Sun Tzŭ meant to use the word in a figurative sense comparable to our own idiom "short and sharp."
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The work and object which he set himself was to compose and translate philosophical dialogues and to render logical and physical terms into the Roman idiom.
Those which are little diffused would become dead languages; but the Indian, in preserving an American idiom, would retain his individuality--his national character.
If any other woman had ever loved him, as the idiom has it, she would have married him, and so made him ineligible for his present happiness.