What's an Idiom?

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As used in this site, "idiom" most often refers to a phrase or expression that cannot be understood by knowing what the individual words in the phrase mean. For example, "to roll out the red carpet" is to extravagantly welcome a guest; no red carpet is needed. The phrase is misunderstood when interpreted in a literal fashion. An example of a Spanish idiom is "no está el horno para bollos, which literally means "the oven isn't ready for bread rolls." The phrase generally means "the time isn't right." Although most idiomatic phrases are of primarily colloquial usage, there are many that are acceptable in standard speech and writing

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What's an Idiom?

What's an Idiom? All I know is that it's like some sort of figurative language.

What An Idiom

a phrase or sentence that is not clear fro the meaning of the actual words.

idiom examples are ' let the cat out of the bag' or

a boy was tease alot because he was a rat. or

"Time flies", said Lora who has to study for her final in 1 week time.

1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.

2. a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people.

3. a construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language.

4. the peculiar character or genius of a language.

5. a distinct style or character, in music, art, etc.: the idiom of Bach.

There are many books you can find with idioms

A saying. Click on the link, there`s loads of them. http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/

a phrase or word that we use in everyday life, but isnt really a proper phrase.

like 'wearing your heart on your sleeve'.

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