I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense.
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Idiom
/ˈɪdiəm/
Synonyms for "idiom" (143 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (29)
Noun(12 words)
phraseexpressionlocutionset phraseaccentadjective of quantityart movement styleartistic stylecatalan especialcommon phrases in portuguesecultural expressionscultural phrase
acadianadjectival phraseanglo-indianargotbrooklynesebundle of isoglossescajuncanadian frenchcantchoice of wordsclass dialectclauseclichecockneycompositionconstruction
Adjective(1 words)
colloquial idiom
Strong matches (43)
Noun(19 words)
Determiner(1 words)
every time
Adjective(3 words)
figurative termidiomatic phraselinguistic expression
Related words (71)
localismlocutionmanner of speakingmidlandmidland dialectnew england dialectnoun phraseparagraphparlanceparolepatoispeculiar expressionpennsylvania dutchperiodpersonal usagephrasal idiomphrasephraseologyphrasingprovincialism
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regional accentregionalismrhetoricsentenceset phrasesloganspeechspeech communitystandard phrasesubdialectsyntactic structuretalktermtongueturn of expressionturn of phraseusageuse of wordsusus loquendiutteranceverb complexverb phraseverbalismverbiagevernacularway of speakingwordword-groupwordagewordingyankeeyorkshire
Noun(14 words)
locutionsmontenegrinparlancephrasal idiomphrase usagephrasesproverbsregional expressionsayingset expressionshakespearean phrasetsurisutterancesverbal expression
Preposition(1 words)
on the surface
Determiner(2 words)
one hundred timesthe odds
Verb(1 words)
slip into chaos
Adjective(1 words)
specific language
Related word relations
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5 entriesCollocations
6 entriescommon idiomidiom dictionaryidiom exampleidiom listidiom meaningidiomatic expression
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- dialecte noun (manner of speaking)
- parla noun (manner of speaking)
- parlar noun (manner of speaking)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 文風 /文风 noun (manner of speaking)
Danish
1 entries- talemåde noun (manner of speaking)
Finnish
3 entries- idiomi noun (manner of speaking)
- puheenparsi noun (manner of speaking)
- puhetapa noun (manner of speaking)
French
1 entries- idiome noun (manner of speaking)
German
4 entries- Dialekt noun (manner of speaking)
- Idiom noun (manner of speaking)
- Mundart noun (manner of speaking)
- Redeweise noun (manner of speaking)
Hungarian
3 entries- idióma noun (manner of speaking)
- kifejezésmód noun (manner of speaking)
- szólásmód noun (manner of speaking)
Irish
1 entries- cor cainte noun (manner of speaking)
Italian
2 entries- idioma noun (manner of speaking)
- parlata noun (manner of speaking)
Māori
1 entries- kīwaha noun (manner of speaking)
Russian
2 entries- идио́ма noun (manner of speaking)
- оборо́т ре́чи noun (manner of speaking)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gnàthas-cainnt noun (manner of speaking)
Walloon
2 entries- cåzaedje noun (manner of speaking)
- pårler noun (manner of speaking)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
"Time is gold" a true idiom.
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It's an idiom. You don't have to understand its literal meaning.
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Goethe used this idiom. Why, then, should it be incorrect today?
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Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.