Idioms
The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class
Idiom:
the exception that proves the rule
Meaning:
an exception to a rule proves that the rule exists
Example:
The salesman is very quiet and shy and he is the exception that proves the rule in his company. Everybody else is very talkative.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is defined as - a group of words in a fixed order that has a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own.