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:

off season

Meaning:

not in the busy time of the year, to be restricted (the hunting of an animal)

Example:

It was off season so we got a very cheap rate for the hotel room. It was off season and we could not hunt ducks.

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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