Idioms
Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places.
Idiom:
What's keeping you?
Meaning:
What is taking you so long?
Example:
"What's keeping you?," the man asked his wife as he waited to go out.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is defined as - a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words.