Answer: IDIOM
IDIOM is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 207 times.
- Dialect
- Manner of speaking
- "Going to the dogs," e.g.
- Expression
- Challenge for a nonnative speaker
- Peculiar expression
- "Up the creek," e.g.
- "Talk turkey," e.g.
- Language quirk
- Unintuitive thing for language learners
- Colorful phrase
- Colloquialism
- Going to the dogs, e.g.
- By hook or by crook, e.g.
- Translator's obstacle
- "Eat crow" or "talk turkey"
- For crying out loud, e.g.
- Translator's challenge
- Go for broke, e.g.
- Local language, say
- "Knock it off" or "get it on," e.g.
- Toughie for a language learner
- Figure of speech
- "Put two and two together," e.g.
- Vernacularism
- Manner of expression
- Local way of speaking
- "On the road" or "hang one's head," for example
- Way with words
- "Put two and two together," for one
- Speech style
- Language learner's hurdle
- Immigrant's hurdle
- "Beat a dead horse," e.g.
- "For crying out loud," e.g.
- Speaking style
- Fly off the handle, e.g.
- Non-literal expression
- Linguistic quirk
- Hit the ceiling, say
- Tough phrase for an interpreter
- Kick the bucket, for example
- TOEFL toughie
- Parlance
- "Jump the shark," e.g.
- "Under wraps" is one
- Language learner's challenge
- "Lose one's head" or "lose one's shirt"
- It's not literal
- Expression that doesn't translate literally
- Common phrase
- Language peculiarity
- Jargon
- ''One for the books,'' for one
- Language lesson
- Local lingo
- ''Talk turkey,'' e.g.
- ''Under the weather,'' for instance
- ''Burn the midnight oil,'' for one
- Hit the sack, e.g.
- "On the fence," for example
- Colloquial phrase
- Vernacular
- Tough phrase for foreigners
- Peculiar speech form
- "Kick the bucket," for one
- "Fly off the handle," e.g.
- "Kick the bucket" is one
- Hit the ceiling, e.g.
- "For one," for one
- Shoot the breeze, e.g.
- "One for the books," for one
- "Eat crow," e.g.
- "Burn the midnight oil," for one
- "Under the weather," for instance
- Way of putting things
- Turn of phrase
- Expression unique to a language
- Locution
- "Go to the dogs," e.g.
- "Piece of cake," e.g.
- Language oddity
- Under the weather, e.g.
- "Cat got your tongue?" e.g.
- "In the doghouse," for one
- "Apple of my eye," for example
- Cut to the chase, say
- Translating challenge
- Bit of dialect
- A common expression
- Hit the hay, say
- "In the raw," "in the red" or "in the running"
- No laughing matter, e.g.
- One is "easy as pie"
- Bite the bullet, e.g.
- Cash in one's chips or pay the ultimate price, e.g.
- Hit the road, say
- 'In the red,' for one
- Way of speaking
- Down in the dumps, say
- Feel blue or see red
- Get one's goat, e.g.
- "Green thumb" or "purple prose"
- Dialect of a region
- Jump the shark, e.g.
- 'in the doghouse" e.g.
- "Eat crow" is one
- "Pound the pavement" or "break the ice"
- "In the doghouse," e.g.
- Linguistic peculiarity
- "Hot to trot" or "cold feet"
- "In the red," e.g.
- Local phraseology
- Nonliteral expression
- "Up the creek," is one
- A way of saying things
- Burn the midnight oil, e.g.
- "Hit the books" is one
- Lingo
- Barking up the wrong tree, e.g.
- Challenge for an E.S.L. student
- Take the cake, for example
- "Dark horse" or "bring to light"
- Specialized vocabulary
- "Fly off the handle," for one
- Figurative language
- "in hot water," e.g.
- Style of expression
- "Jump the shark" is one
- "Red eye" or "green thumb"
- Don't take it literally
- "Cut corners" or "slash prices"
- Nonliteral phrase
- "Fly off the handle" is one
- "Talk turkey," for one
- "Double talk" is one
- "bitter pill to swallow" or "drink the kool-aid"
- "Throw in the towel," e.g.
- Quirky phrase
- By the seat of one's pants, e.g.
- "Up the creek" or "down the hatch"
- "Piece of cake" or "easy as pie"
- Language student's problem
- Cold shoulder or hot corner
- Cold shoulder
- "Sitting duck," e.g.
- Beat around the bush, e.g.
- "Play it by ear" or "see eye to eye"
- Figurative phrase
- "Bad apple" or "big cheese"
- "On easy street," e.g.
- "Dog-tired" or "cat burglar"
- "over the moon," e.g.
- In the wings or in full swing
- Strong suit or weak sauce
- In a pickle or in a jam
- "In seventh heaven" or "on cloud nine"
- 34 Across, for instance
- "Rock and roll," e.g.
- "Talk turkey" or "Chicken out"
- Translator's hurdle
- "On the ball" or "off the grid"
- "Take the cake" or "cream of the crop"
- "It's raining cats and dogs," for one
- Cool beans or warm fuzzies
- "In my bag," e.g.
- "Horse around" or "rain cats and dogs"
- Take a chance or take a look
- "Ants in one's pants" or "bee in one's bonnet"
- In the red or in the black?
- Figurative expression
- "Bad apple," for example
- Hit the nail on the head, e.g.
- "Speak of the devil," e.g.
- "Over a barrel" or "under the weather"
- "Going to the dogs," for example
- "Fall in love" or "fall to pieces"
- "Rings a bell," e.g.
- White lightning, e.g.
- "In a pickle," e.g.
- "In la-la land," e.g.
- "Raining cats and dogs," for one
- "Hot to trot" or "cool as a cucumber"
- "A penny for your thoughts," for one
- Challenge for a language learner
- "Under the weather," say
- "Blessing in disguise," e.g.
- Put two and two together, e.g.
- "Getting on in years," e.g.
- "Call it a night," for one
- Challenge for a translator, maybe
- Never say never, say
- "Pig in a poke" or "ducks in a row"
- Cold feet or cold shoulder
- Style of language
- Language student's challenge
- "So far, so good," for one
- "Let the cat out of the bag," e.g.
- Cold feet or hot seat
- "A blessing in disguise," e.g.
- "Have a cow" or "hold your horses"
- Kick to the curb, for one
- Once in a blue moon for one
- "Up in arms" or "break a leg"
- Bad apple or sour grapes, e.g.
- "When pigs fly," for one
- Cultural expression