idioms

One of my favorite Spanish idioms translates as "blue prince" in English.

Fair to say that idioms speak volumes 2006

I believe, as do a number of Hebrew scholars, that a proper reading of the idioms translates as, “At some point previously …Gods, He created the physical universe.”

Hey, "Evolution News": correct this! - The Panda's Thumb 2005

To differentiate their vocabulary, grammar and idioms is quite straightforward if you make an effort to understand and inhabit the characters, but the hard thing is how you handle the overlaps and the gaps in the characters 'knowledge.

A Conversation with Chris Cleave about Little Bee 2010

I was too busy perfecting my ability to memorize song lyrics after three hearings, an ability I developed to make up for my inability to pick out slang and idioms from the rock-star-slurred lyrics, a skill that is pretty much the last thing you pick up when learning a second language.

The Long Overdue Cultural Approprittymatationing Post 2006

I was too busy perfecting my ability to memorize song lyrics after three hearings, an ability I developed to make up for my inability to pick out slang and idioms from the rock-star-slurred lyrics, a skill that is pretty much the last thing you pick up when learning a second language.

SeeLight: 2006

Most of the Spanish-English dictionaries available here are geared (for some incomprehensible reason -- this is California) to the Spanish of Spain, and contain idioms that are fairly strange.

the expat bookshelf 2005

An idioms is a term which must be learned as a unit, because its meaning is not clear from its parts.

Think Progress » Hume to Juan Williams: “Someone Needs To Hose You Down” 2005

But it is in idioms that I see the biggest differences - we go on holiday, Americans take vacations, for example.

"What Language Do They speak in England?" Jonathan 2004

But it is in idioms that I see the biggest differences - we go on holiday, Americans take vacations, for example.

Archive 2004-06-01 Jonathan 2004

The self-conscious balladic simplicity of the Mask, including its adoption of the popular-print and pamphlet idioms, is further evidence of his attempt to "throw his voice" into the fray from a position outside it.

Shelley, Adorno, and the Scandal of Commited Art 2001