0 containing or consisting of an idiom: --
She was born in Italy but her English is fluent and idiomatic.
"Bite the bullet" is an idiomatic expression that means to accept something unpleasant without complaining.
1 (of a group of words) having a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word considered separately: --
an idiomatic expression
They need to know, too, that the idiomatic nature of a phrase (or the contrary) need not affect its grammar.
I wouldn't be caught dead though using an idiomatic expression wrongly!
Assuming that she heard me correctly, my attempt at idiomatic fluency had flopped.
Instead, the concessive meaning is a semantic idiosyncrasy that underscores the idiomatic character of just because... doesn't mean.
There are, however, forty non-canonical versions of idiomatic phraseology: see the accompanying table.
Such moments of idiomatic creativity are invariably the product of interaction between the speakers and what is felt to be appropriate in a particular context.
We use language to order and to classify, and our classifications are historical, stylistic, generic, idiomatic, descriptive, and so on.
Lexicalization rules identify elements that must cohere in the speech: words, word fragments, and idiomatic phrases such as by the way.
