Idioms
An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words in it.
Idiom:
blow up in (someone's) face
Meaning:
to be ruined while one is working on it (a plan or project etc.), to explode suddenly
Example:
The secret plan blew up in our face when we discovered that everybody already knew about it. The bomb blew up in the man's face.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is defined as - a group of words in a fixed order that has a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own.
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