Idioms


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.


Idiom:
wide of the mark

Meaning:
far from the target, incorrect

Example:
The manager's ideas for the company are wide of the mark and different from what everybody expected.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is a type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can't be deciphered by defining the individual words.
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