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.
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