Idioms
Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places.
Idiom:
wildcat strike
Meaning:
a strike not ordered by a labor union but done without planning by a group of workers
Example:
There was a wildcat strike at the factory last night.
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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