Meanings (ES + gloss)
idiomatismo • idiotismo • modismo
A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
I have to use the same assignment and call to raw_input in two places. How can I avoid that? I can use the while True/break idiom: […]
idioma
A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
In the idiom of the day, they were sutlers, although today they'd probably be called vendors.
Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-style growth of "like" has spread through the idiom of the young.
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