Sentence examples similar to an accepted idiom from inspiring English sources

Biographers have said that he wanted to convey simple morality tales that taught right and wrong in a universally accepted idiom to children the world over.

The Greats were men of their times -- when Playboy Bunnies became a symbol of sexual liberation, and misogyny was the accepted idiom.

"High school sweetheart" is the accepted idiom: college sweetheart or grade school sweetheart is not.

It was apparent that the use of culturally accepted idioms aided in communicating with the women especially when there was need to make emphasis.

The accepted colloquial idiom favors it's me.

It is not, as in the past, an example of Ms. Tharp's inability to accept this idiom as a given.

He needs to commit to a position — an idiom, a sensibility that feels authentic and worthwhile.

The CDO makes digital a corporate an idiom as well as an emblem.

Does the Italian language have an idiom like emotional baggage?

The idiom "jumping the shark", referring to the naff overreaching of a formerly respectable endeavour, originated halfway through Happy Days' 10-year run when Fonzie bravely accepted a preposterous challenge to waterski over a corralled shark.

So in English, we use this idiom 'like turkeys voting for Christmas' as a metaphor when someone accepts a situation which will have a negative outcome for them.