Sentence examples similar to unidiomatic expression from inspiring English sources

Despite its ties to the dominant Mandarin dialect, Vernacular Chinese also permits some communication between people of different dialects, limited by the fact that Vernacular Chinese expressions are often ungrammatical or unidiomatic in non-Mandarin dialects.

To revenge himself, Pape interpolated the odd unidiomatic German consonant.

By all accounts the performances were underprepared, undercast and unidiomatic.

Both composers have been accused of writing unidiomatic chamber music, but the Tchaikovsky roared to life on this occasion.

There was something in Tutuola's ghosts and forests and unidiomatic English that confirmed the prejudices of a European audience.

He returned later to portray Verdi's Falstaff, a large-scale but somewhat unidiomatic reading.

In his endearingly unidiomatic English, he was declaring his passion for singing.

A speaker whose English is unidiomatic is not saved from ridicule or condescension by the fact that his or her speech is technically correct.

She brought vibrant emotion and expansive phrasing to Granados's "Maja y el Ruiseñor" ("The Maiden and the Nightingale"), but her Spanish was unidiomatic.

And he is sensible, like Mr. Domingo, who brings his own pleasurable yet slightly unidiomatic sheen to the part.

Her choice of cadenzas – wonderfully unidiomatic ones by Joseph Joachim – was a treat in itself.. On BBC iPlayer until 30 September.