Idioms


An idiom is a type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can't be deciphered by defining the individual words.


Idiom:
peeping Tom

Meaning:
someone who looks in the windows of strangers

Example:
The police arrested a peeping Tom near our apartment building last week.


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.
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