| 单词 | idiomatic expression |
| 例句 | He said he did not anticipate changes in the Spanish text for New York, except where idiomatic expressions in use in Mexico might not be understood. ArtsBeat: Spanish-Language ‘Vagina Monologues’ to Play at Westside Theater 2014-04-01T16:58:35Z Worse, he quotes his subjects at length, and every quotation sounds the same, shorn of idiomatic expression. Books of The Times: Want a New Life? Wait Here 2011-03-17T14:45:49Z Fairy tales, idiomatic expressions, warrior tales all amplified human fear, and led to the systematic extermination of wolves across Britain and Europe. ‘Wolfish’ review: Erica Berry tracks the cultural footprints of wolves 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Additionally, they asked about local ecological knowledge: how to find, harvest and grow orchids, as well as orchid business knowledge, and awareness of orchids in arts, academia and idiomatic expressions. Orchids are woven through Chinese culture. What happens if they vanish? 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z There’s a reason why “flying under the radar” is an idiomatic expression. Capitol Hill lockdown causes consternation: 'We still don't know what the hell it was' 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Hip-hop’s fast pace, rife with slang, double meanings, idiomatic expressions and plays on words - or made-up words - can be the most challenging. ASL interpreters bring songs to life for deaf people 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Now in its eighth season, the show consistently milks Gloria’s mispronunciations and botched idiomatic expressions for laughs. It’s time to end the tired awards show jokes at Sofia Vergara’s expense 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Ancient poems praise their melodious songs, and many idiomatic expressions use crickets and grasshoppers as metaphors for fertility, friendship or the passage of time. The Song in the Heart of Many Chinese Comes From Insects 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z One fan said the Americans had every right to develop their own idiomatic expressions and they added colour to the football lexicon. 'In the six' and football's other strange Americanisms 2013-05-27T08:10:10Z The flowery literary embellishments – the metaphors, the similes, the idiomatic expressions – are very likely to cause confusion and should seldom be used in writing research papers. Scientists as writers 2012-08-15T19:15:00.177Z Scholars recognize here an exquisitely idiomatic expression, which in fact obtains so universally in the Traditional Text that its genuineness is altogether above suspicion. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z Logical in its derivatives and in its grammatical structure, the Magyar language is, moreover, copious in idiomatic expressions, rich in its store of words, and almost musical in its harmonious intonation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Whenever, in the course of translation, I have come across a Yiddish proverb or idiomatic expression of which I knew an English equivalent, I have used the latter without hesitation. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z He let drop two or three idiomatic expressions which showed that he must have known something about the language or the structure of it.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Her old friend's idiomatic expression kept her smiling to the end, while she realized anew the good fortune which had brought the French woman to California. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z Translations have been made as literal as possible; though sometimes it has been found better to offer the meaning rather than what in English would be an obscure colloquialism or idiomatic expression. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z He made many alterations in the Matthew Bible, characterized by critical acumen and a happy choice of strong and idiomatic expressions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The following examples show the further use of them in connection with Nouns and Verbs, and in some idiomatic expressions which do not always admit of being literally rendered in English. Elements of Gaelic Grammar As it abounds in idiomatic expressions, the study of native compositions is most important, and these are generally to be found only in the Malay character. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay For former instances of this idiomatic expression, see ante, passim. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Compare the following idiomatic expressions with the unidiomatic expressions that succeed them. Practical Grammar and Composition An old idiomatic expression now coming into use again. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. He was a strong party-writer on the government side, for Charles the Second, and the compositions of the author seem to us coarse, yet they contain much idiomatic expression. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 In language work, also, the child must acquire many idiomatic expressions as habitual modes of speech. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education They are full of idiomatic expressions, quaint images, unexpected turns of thought and language. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Success in writing a foreign language is a rare thing, and he has shown a remarkable command of idiomatic expression. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 Flashes of thought, flights of fancy, idiomatic expressions, he sets down among the signs of the times—the extraordinary occurrences of the age we live in. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits You shall—” Mr Vladimir, frowning, paused, at a loss for a sufficiently idiomatic expression, and instantly brightened up, with a grin of beautifully white teeth. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale And in reciting or singing all these, how would his power of terse, idiomatic expression, his sense of poetic beauty and his ear for rhythm and music be developed! The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization The idiomatic expressions in this dialect are numerous, many will be found in the Glossary; the following may be mentioned. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire The mildness of all government among them, civil or domestic, may be signalised by their idiomatic expressions for such terms as illegal or forbidden—viz., The Coming Race |
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