Idioms


A group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.


Idiom:
flash in the pan

Meaning:
someone or something that makes a flashy start and then fails

Example:
The man's sports career was a flash in the pan. Recently, I have not heard anything about him.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is a type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can't be deciphered by defining the individual words.
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