- IDIOMS
- They may be lost in translation
- Some long crossword answers
- Many long crossword answers
- Translator's challenges
- Turns of phrase
- ESL bafflers
- Figures of speech
- Language quirks
- Green thumb and "bluenose"
- Shake a leg and "break a leg"
- Elbow grease and "head honcho"
- ESL students' challenges
- Cold feet and hot air
- Out to lunch and having a bite
- They're not to be taken literally
- Language learner's challenges
- Hits the books and rings a bell
- Make a scene and act up
- They're not meant literally
- Nonliteral language features
- The bee's knees and the cat's meow
- Locutions
- Eat crow and "talk turkey"
- Language lesson
- Manners of speaking
- Seeing red and "Going green"
- Colorful phrases
- Nonliteral phrases
- Out of the blue and "in the red"
- They're hard to translate
- Pecularities of language.
- Set phrases.
- Conversational expressions.
- Dialects
- Regional dialects
- Dialects of regions
- Argots
- Characteristic styles
- Curry favor and crack a joke, e.g.
- They trip up foreigners
- Eat crow and talk turkey, e.g.
- Hurdles for language learners
- Some dictionary entries
- Hands down and "cold feet"
- Subject in foreign language class
- See red, talk a blue streak, etc.
- They're seldom taken literally
- Everyday expressions
- Double-crossed and half-baked
- Hot potatoes and cold fish?
- Blue-collar and pink-slip
- Play it by ear and "all ears," e.g.
- Cold feet and cold shoulder, for two
- Contents of some dictionaries
- Hit the sack and "hit the books," e.g.
- Bite the bullet and "chew the fat," for two
- Get the show on the road and "take the high road," for two
- Hang your head and "eating crow"
- Clever turns of phrases
- Dialects of a region
- Hands down and "eating crow," for two
- Hands down and "Talk turkey"
- Head over heels and "hand over fist"
- Like herding cats and "sick as a dog"
- Break a leg and "break bread"
- Speech mannerisms
- Crack a joke and "cut corners," e.g.
- Rat race or "cash cow"
- Chew the fat and "eat crow"
- Tickled pink and "in the red"
- Sell like hotcakes and "call it a day," for example
- Expressions
- Challenges for language learners
- Potential trouble for Google Translate
- Up in the air and "on the fly," e.g.
