colloquialism

He has not yet heard a colloquialism for ankle fat.

She would have to remember to speak slowly and avoid colloquialisms.

Trying to learn the colloquialisms, the American slang, takes time.

"Perhaps I have used a colloquialism where it was not necessary.

He is well known for his range of colloquialisms.

Sometimes, Earth colloquialisms did not translate even though the languages were similar.

The colloquialism was beyond me, but his intentions were unmistakable.

He was a man who liked to deal in hard facts, not colorful colloquialisms.

Those are not the primary meanings of this colorful colloquialism.

I smiled at the sound of the colloquialism in his careful accent.

She was always glad to add new colloquialisms to her personal lexicon.

Often current slang and colloquialisms make up the bulk of such people's language.

Show up can be - has been - stigmatized as a colloquialism, at least for the better part of this century.

It's a moment where the colloquialism "jumped the shark" comes to mind.

I figured it's a colloquialism, but I'll settle for that.

They take their name from the word mucker, a colloquialism meaning good friend.

This suggests that the President has a tin ear when it comes to colloquialisms.

He was too tired to explain colloquialisms right now.

The title of the series comes from a Japanese colloquialism for drunkenness.

Even today many of his coined phrases are still colloquialisms in the daily language.

The work has no pretensions to style, and contains many colloquialisms.

This interpretation is based on an assumption about the colloquialism "weed".

A colloquialism for the third quarter of a match.

Colloquialisms can also be used to determine the regional origin of the speaker.

The name comes from a Czech colloquialism for a bumblebee.