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idiom

Definition:

(nou) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language (nou) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people (nou) the style of a particular artist or school or movement (nou) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Phonetic Transcription:

ˈɪdɪəm

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The expressions of nature become the basis of an increasingly abstract idiom.

The origin of this idiom is uncertain.

The devil is in the details, to employ an idiom.

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