NOUN
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
How To Use idiomatic expression In A Sentence
- This is comparable to attempting a critical analysis of Shakespeare's Elizabethan phraseology and idiomatic expression in Chinese, while ignoring the relevance of the English language!
- I'll try to translate this love song with an eye on idiomatic expressions rendered at least comprehensible and maybe even give it a little poetry.
- Romani uses many idiomatic expressions, proverbs, and sayings, often with metaphorical qualities.
- Some slipped idiomatic expressions or literary allusions into their copy in the hopes that the censor would miss the subtleties - and it often worked.
- 'To pull a face' is an idiomatic expression.
- Bite the bullet" is an idiomatic expression that means to accept something unpleasant without complaining.
- E-mail translation services are already available on a number of Web sites, and although their treatment of idiomatic expressions leaves something to be desired, the basic technology is in place.
- Bite the bullet" is an idiomatic expression that means to accept something unpleasant without complaining.
- The idiomatic expression ‘for the birds’ is common enough to crop up in everyday conversation.
- Thus, transitive verbs in idiomatic expressions frequently will not passivize (the cowboy kicked the bucket, but not * the bucket was kicked by the cowboy). VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4
