Words similar to idiom

Example sentences for: idiom

How can you use “idiom” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In a recent television interview a British actor was recounting an anecdote in which he used the idiom the penny dropped , which means `I saw the light, came the dawn.
People who are concerned that the vibrant vitality of English is diminished by its aberrant spelling, reliance on idiom, and inconsistent, ambiguous grammar may derive consolation (but little pleasure) from the attempts to codify the language as described in English Improved.
For I cannot approve of their way of refining, who corrupt our English idiom by mixing it too much with French: that is a sophistication of language, not an improvement of it; a turning English into French, rather than a refining of English by French.
It seems unlikely to me that being more precise than (someone) in a drinking competition could easily translate into the modern sense of the idiom.
But if he uses the grammer, vocabularly, and idiom of the standard English found in newspapers, books, magazines, and news bulletins, then all we notice about his speech is his accent--and possibly his intonation.