Proverbs and idioms may become worn with over-use.谚语和习语可能会因为过度使用而成为陈词滥调。

And nothing was so irritating as the confident way he used archaic idiom.再没有什么比他使用古词古语时那自负的样子更令人讨厌的了。

her command of the Chinese idiom她对汉语方言的掌握

a church in the idiom of the thirteenth century一座13世纪风格的教堂

It was an old building in the local idiom.它是一幢具有地方特色的老建筑。

Paul McCartney was keen to write music in a classical idiom, rather than just a pop one.保罗•麦卡特尼不光喜欢创作流行音乐, 还热衷于编写古典风格的曲子。