Clues for the word "IDIOMS"
We've had 52 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 59 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on November 23, 2025.
Referring Clues
- Some dictionary entries
- Hurdles for language learners
- "Hands down" and "cold feet"
- Subject in foreign language class
- See red, talk a blue streak, etc.
- They're seldom taken literally
- "Green thumb" and "bluenose"
- "Shake a leg" and "break a leg"
- "Elbow grease" and "head honcho"
- They're hard to translate
- Language learner's challenges
- They're not to be taken literally
- Out to lunch and having a bite
- Cold feet and hot air
- Everyday expressions
- Manners of speaking
- "Hands down" and "eating crow," for two
- Figures of speech
- Linguistic peculiarities
- ESL bafflers
- "Hands down" and "Talk turkey"
- Hot potatoes and cold fish?
- "Crack a joke" and "cut corners," e.g.
- Quirks of languages
- "Eat crow" and "talk turkey"
- Blue-collar and pink-slip
- They're not literal
- "Seeing red" and "Going green"
- "Break a leg" and "running on empty"
- "Rat race" or "cash cow"
- Individual styles of speaking
- I misdo translation of particular expressions
- I'd better keep Isle of Man's expressions
- Make a scene and act up
- Turns of phrase
- Colorful phrases
- Common phrases
- "Chew the fat" and "eat crow"
- They're not meant literally
- Tough phrases for new English speakers
- "Tickled pink" and "in the red"
- Nonliteral phrases
- Nonliteral language features
- Lesson for an advanced language learner
- Double-crossed and half-baked
- Hits the books and rings a bell
- "Sell like hotcakes" and "call it a day," for example
- The bee's knees and the cat's meow
- "Play it by ear" and "all ears," e.g.
- Contents of some dictionaries
- Phrases that don't translate well
- Dark horse and sitting duck
Last Seen In
- LA Times - November 23, 2025
- LA Times - May 11, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 03, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 20, 2025
- LA Times - October 21, 2024
- New York Times - April 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 25, 2024
- New York Times - October 17, 2023
- LA Times - August 13, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 30, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 24, 2023
- USA Today - October 21, 2022
- LA Times - September 09, 2022
- New York Times - October 10, 2021
- New York Times - September 24, 2021
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 04, 2017
- USA Today - September 13, 2017
- Universal - March 25, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 02, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - April 25, 2016
- Netword - April 01, 2016
- LA Times - February 21, 2016
- New York Times - January 10, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 21, 2015
- USA Today - September 30, 2015
- USA Today - May 06, 2015
- Universal - February 03, 2015
- New York Times - January 23, 2015
- Universal - August 26, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 15, 2014
- And in 29 more crossword puzzles...