Idioms


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.


Idiom:
have a screw loose

Meaning:
to act in a strange way, to be foolish, to be crazy

Example:
The man is very strange. I think that he has a screw loose somewhere.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements or in its grammatically atypical use of words.
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