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In English, when we say "idiom", we mean a particular variation of the standard language, many times regional in nature, or a word or expression that is metaphorical in meaning, not to be taken in it´s literal form. Example: You can put lipstick on a pig, but it´s still a pig.

In Spanish, the word for that is "idioma", but that word also means "language". It has to be taken in context. For what we in English call an "idiomatic expression" or "saying", it could be expressed in Spanish as "un dicho". Example: No importa que el mono se vista de seda, mono se queda. (Regardless that a monkey is dressed in silk, it remains a monkey)

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