English-language idioms
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title:
English-language idioms
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An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words. By another definition, an idiom is a speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements. For example, a
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Common words or phrases with non-literal meanings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_idioms
date created:
2003-11-11T17:20:56Z
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2024-09-01T07:33:04Z
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