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Definition of Idioms
1. idiom [n] - See also: idiom
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idioms
Literary usage of Idioms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Composition, Oral and Written by Charles Sears Baldwin (1909)
"INTEREST IN DETAILS idioms. — Most homely of all expressions in any language are its
... Some idioms seem ungrammatical, because they are relics of older ..."
2. Composition, Oral and Written by Charles Sears Baldwin (1911)
"idioms. — Most homely of all expressions in any language are its idioms. ...
Some idioms seem ungrammatical, because they are relics of older constructions ..."
3. First Theory Book by Diller, Angela (1921)
"idioms FORMED FROM THE TONIC CHORD The three notes of the tonic chord can be
placed in three different positions, root may be the lowest note, ..."
4. Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America by Emmanuel Domenech (1860)
"ORGANISATION OF THE INDIAN LANGUAGES idioms OF THE NATCHEZ ... Those persons who
maintain that these idioms or languages are merely patois, or dialects that ..."
5. The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and by John Franklin Genung (1900)
"THREE idioms. Of the great store of idioms that give life and flavor to the ...
Like all resources of the literary art, however, these idioms are to be ..."
Other Resources:
Georgian