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:
hell and high water

Meaning:
troubles or difficulties of some kind

Example:
The relief workers went through hell and high water in order to get the food to the flood victims.


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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