as in phrase
a sequence of words having a specific meaning
the English idiom "how are you doing?" is our version of a greeting that in some other languages can be translated as "how are you going?"
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These frameworks are further brought into direct contact in both productive and critical ways through the rearranging, remixing, and reordering of transcultural and transhistorical visual idioms, as in Lauren Halsey’s utopian-inspired architectural artwork keepers of the krown, 2024.
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Sara Raza, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Popular on Variety This blurring of genres serves a higher purpose, causing the storyline itself to blur in its distinctions between fairytales, mythology and American idiom.
—Katarina Docalovich, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024
Game show host Tai Chih-yuan is returning to TV acting after 10 years to portraying an infamous serial killer who sets up the crime scene as riddles to Chinese idioms before he is arrested.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
Veteran host Tai Chih-yuan makes his return to series acting after a decade, portraying a serial killer who stages crime scenes as Chinese idiom puzzles.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
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Sara Raza, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Popular on Variety This blurring of genres serves a higher purpose, causing the storyline itself to blur in its distinctions between fairytales, mythology and American idiom.
—Katarina Docalovich, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024
Game show host Tai Chih-yuan is returning to TV acting after 10 years to portraying an infamous serial killer who sets up the crime scene as riddles to Chinese idioms before he is arrested.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
Veteran host Tai Chih-yuan makes his return to series acting after a decade, portraying a serial killer who stages crime scenes as Chinese idiom puzzles.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Idiom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiom. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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