"similar" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The new Zbarazh Castle was designed for Prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki in a post-Palladian Italian idiom similar to Scamozzi's by the Dutch architect van Peyen in 1626-31.
- A similar British idiom is to eat humble pie.
- Various expressions are used to convey similar idioms in other languages:
- This idiom is thought to originate in American English, although similar or even identical idioms occur in many other languages.
- Lisa Ludwig works in a similar idiom, but her chief material is rosettes made of frosting.
- The past is everywhere, from oldies radio formats to artists like Bruce Springsteen, who works in an idiom very similar to that of Ms. Williams.
- Since this concept was consistent with the postwar ethos that had given rise to the United Nations, it stood to reason that the building would be designed in a similar modern idiom.
- A similar idiom is "all things to all people", which is often used as a negative term in politics.
- The design is said to reflect that of "many educational buildings which have been developed in a similar architectural idiom".
- One example of bad usage is a similar idiom called double-checked locking, which is listed as an anti-pattern.
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