Idioms
Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places.
Idiom:
wash (someone's) dirty linen in public
Meaning:
to talk about someone's private or embarassing matters in public
Example:
The man began to wash his friend's dirty linen in public.
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.