Words similar to idioms

Example sentences for: idioms

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

I find it odd that children need to be taught about idioms, but that is another matter.
Some familiar phrases--such as go to work on --are plain idioms with no cultural overtones.
The Yiddish language, through its color, its target-accurate expressions, its raw idioms, and its sayings exudes a refreshing magic and laughter, mixed with sober thought, that has been handed down from generation to generation and from nation to nation.
It is not easy to distinguish between clichés and what linguists call collocations--that is, collections of words that, while not unanalyzable idioms per se (like red herring, tall order , or take off in the sense of `satirize'), nonetheless seem to fall together with great frequency.
It is on a par with the literal interpretation of idioms, as in the cartoon of someone puffing on a chain with the caption “Chainsmoker.”