Being a linguist—and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue ...

The cat's out of the bag—idioms can be tricky, even for native English speakers. If you’re going to live in the United States or converse with English speakers, you’ll need to master our most commonly ...

For me to understand idioms is easy as pie or a piece of cake, but of course I have an ace in the hole or up my sleeve and I can spit them out at ...

Google is turning one of its most familiar products into something that sounds far more like a human interpreter than a phrasebook. Instead of spitting out stiff, literal phrases, the latest version ...