Idioms


Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places.


Idiom:
press one's luck

Meaning:
to depend too much on luck, to expect to continue to be lucky

Example:
My uncle is pressing his luck if he thinks that he will continue to make a lot of money on the stock market.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
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.
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