It's true not only across languages, where a literal translation of idiom may result in nonsense, but also across art forms. |
Joseph McDonnell has highlighted instances where Irish goldsmiths appear to have used moulds to copy London designs in the rococo idiom. |
A warmly lyrical idiom gave place to a gritty astringency that must have been very disturbing to erstwhile admirers. |
In these depictions, done in a Western representational idiom, everything is explicit, and there are no secrets. |
Even the exalted Christ continues to employ the idiom of reverential deference for the Ancient of Days! |
Flesh and bone, or, as in the later idiom, flesh and blood, thus epitomizes kinship, the tangible bonds between family members. |