Sentence examples for a common idiom from inspiring English sources

"To cottage" is a common idiom among Old Muskoka.

Pop is social — a common idiom, readily accessible, relatable, and debatable.

But Mr. González Iñárritu's own visual grammar tries to go deeper, to suggest a common idiom of emotion present in certain immediately recognizable gestures and expressions.

Fanning out around the world — to the plains of Mongolia, the dusty grasslands of Namibia, the high rises of Tokyo and the streets of San Francisco — Mr. Balmès and his crew set out, about three years ago, to probe a network of mysterious creatures who speak a common idiom barely comprehensible to the rest of us.

"Behind the eight ball" (or "behind the eight") is a common idiom meaning to be in trouble, stymied or thwarted, in an awkward position or out of luck.

Try working a common idiom into your final sentence, or a short quotation.

The result was statutes that eternally bear his name in common idiom.

(Unfortunately, there are no startups that prevent news writers from clumsily repurposing common idiom).

Many billiard-specific and etymological sources point to kelly pool, or an early version of the game called kelly rotation, as the origin of the common idiom, "behind the eight ball".

Progress to speaking Greek as you find help in the common idiom and vernacular.

Magazines are a good way to learn common idioms in context.