Idioms
Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places.
Idiom:
pay one's own way
Meaning:
to pay the costs for something by oneself
Example:
The young man was forced to pay his own way during college.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
Idioms are phrases which cannot be understood simply by looking at the meaning of the individual words in the phrase.