Idioms


Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places.


Idiom:
by the hour

Meaning:
after each hour, one hour at a time

Example:
We had to pay for our parking space by the hour.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements or in its grammatically atypical use of words.
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