IDIOMS

Idioms are words, phrases, or expressions that cannot be taken literally.  In other words, when used in everyday language, they have a meaning other than the basic one you would find in the dictionary.  Every language has its own idioms.  Learning them makes understanding and using a language a lot easier and more fun!

Idiom Examples

Now that you know what an idiom is by definition, here are some examples of idioms in the English language to further explain this literary term.

Example 1: To make ends meet

Definition: While someone who is not familiar with this idiom might believe it to mean forcing the ends of an object to touch each other, this phrase actually means to have enough money from day to day.

Example 2: A storm in a teacup

Definition: People not familiar with the saying might literally start to think about how there could possibly be a storm in a teacup. However, this idiom is used to describe the process of showing a lot of worry or excitement over something trivial.

A DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS