+++What Is an Idiom? (with Examples)+++ ==>An idiom is a commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words. +++Some Common Examples of Idioms --Here are some common idioms: *Hes been pushing up the daisies for a year. (Hes been dead for a year.) *Lets paint the town red. (Lets have a good time in town.) *She has a bun in the oven (She is pregnant.) ==>An Idiom Is a Form of Figurative Language. -Idioms are classified as figurative language, which is the use of words in an unusual or imaginative manner. -Figurative language includes the use of metaphors, similes, personification , hyperbole, euphemisms, and pun. ++++More Examples of Idioms. --Here are some more examples of idioms: *He was just a flash in the pan. (The idiom a flash in the pan means something which shows potential at the start but fails thereafter.) *He is trying to be a good Samaritan. (A good Samaritan is a person who helps someone in need with no thought of a reward.) *Does he have an axe to grind? (To have an axe to grind means to have a dispute with someone. ) *We should let sleeping dogs lie. (To let sleeping dogs lie means to o avoid restarting a conflict.)
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