Idioms


The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class


Idiom:
chips are down

Meaning:
the time when one faces the greatest obstacles

Example:
When the chips are down the boy goes to his father for help.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
Idioms are phrases which cannot be understood simply by looking at the meaning of the individual words in the phrase.
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