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| Idiomatic expression |
What is an idiom:An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be arrived as by giving
a definition to the individual works that makes up the expression. In other words an idiom is a fixed expression.
Examples of idioms and their meanings
* A black leg (one who betrays people)
*To smell a rat (to be suspicious)
*To have a headache like a sieve (to be forgetful)
*To bury the hatchet (to settle a quarrel)
*A green horn (an inexperienced person)
*To keep at arm's length (to avoid a person)
*To dig someone in the ribs (to make unkind remarks about a person)
*To be at sixes and seven ( to be confused)
*To kiss to the dust (to die)
*To hit the nail at the head( to go straight to the point)
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