Idioms


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


Idiom:
shake up (someone) or shake (someone) up

Meaning:
to shock or upset someone

Example:
The change in policies shook up many people in the company.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements or in its grammatically atypical use of words.
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