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:
invasion of (someone's) privacy
Meaning:
intruding and causing someone to lose their privacy
Example:
It was an invasion of our privacy when the supervisor opened the mail that we received in the company.
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.