Idioms


Idioms are phrases which cannot be understood simply by looking at the meaning of the individual words in the phrase.


Idiom:
see the handwriting on the wall

Meaning:
to know that something is certain to happen

Example:
We saw the handwriting on the wall and we knew that our company was going to go bankrupt.


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