Idioms
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.
Idiom:
stink to high heaven
Meaning:
to smell very bad
Example:
The kitchen garbage was stinking to high heaven in the hot sun.
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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