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.