Idioms


An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase that has a meaning other than its literal meaning of the words in it.


Idiom:
rob the cradle

Meaning:
to marry a person much younger than oneself

Example:
Everybody said that my boss was robbing the cradle when he married the young woman at our company.


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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