Learning English Grammar

Idiomatic Expression

IDIOM
- a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from ordinary meaning of words in it; a language; dialect

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION
- a type of informal English that have a meaning of words in the expression

- it can be difficult to learn if you are not a native speaker of English

- an expression that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of the expression that is separate from the literal meaning on definition of the words of which it is made

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a good sport
- gentleman

a green horn
- invoice
- no experience

a penny for your thoughts
- a way of asking what someone is thinking
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above my understanding
- hard to understand

abundance of his heart
- his overflowing emotion

adds fuel to the fire
- worsens matter

all ears
-eager to listen to someone
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an arm and a leg
- very expensive / extremely expensive
↘ Yikes! This shirt costs an arm and a leg.

arm of the law
- policeman

at a stone's throw
- near only

at each other's throat
- people who are fighting or arguing
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back to square one
- to start again
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ball and chain
- to be burdened with a task that cannot be left or abandoned
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baying in the moon
- asking for the impossible

beat a dead horse
- to engage in pointless and repetitive discussion
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beat around the bush
- approach a subject in a rounabout wah

behind the times
- old-fashioned
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best of both worlds
- all the advantages
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between the Devil and the deep blue sea
- in a very difficult situation when any resolution will be unpleasant
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bite off more than you can chew
- to take on a task that is way too big
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