Idioms
Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places.
Idiom:
a standing joke
Meaning:
something that regularly and over time causes amusement when it is mentioned
Example:
It was a standing joke around our office that our boss was a very bad golfer.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase that has a meaning other than its literal meaning of the words in it.