in general

Meaning

1. Oxford70% of films

   as a whole

2. Oxford30% of films

   usually; mainly

   But Billie hates writing songs in general.

In the movies · 24

• How are you feeling in general?Be Here Now2015
• Not really good with words in general.Free Guy2021
• You're just a little mixed up about things in general.The Third Man1949
• Women in general.The Trip2011
• Like, in general or…To All the Boys: Always and Forever2021
• Well, history in general.Ghosted2023
• But Billie hates writing songs in general.Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry2021
• Just... you know, in general.The Princess Switch2018

Learn it in full scenes

• Be Here Now2015
  • Andy Shows His Kids the Sword
  • Andy Wins the Role of Spartacus
  • Andy Whitfield's Cancer Returns
• Free Guy2021
  • Guy's Morning in Free City
  • Guy Orders a Cappuccino
  • Blue Shirt Guy Breaks the Rules
• The Third Man1949
  • Calloway Exposes Harry Lime
  • Martins Checks Into a Military Hotel
  • Kurtz Feeds Martins a Cover Story

More idioms

• get a move on
• if you think about it
• take a risk
• learn your lesson
• turn a blind eye
• like hell
• out of your way
• cut to the chase
• to myself
• hold it
• on television
• in the distance