Idioms

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

Idiom:

up the creek with no paddle

Meaning:

in trouble and unable to do anything about it

Example:

I think that we are up the creek with no paddle now that our car has no gasoline.

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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