Just another thought about Idioms

• An idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by the literal definition of the phrase itself, but refers instead to a figurative meaning .

idiom - an expression that does not mean what it literally says, as “to have the upper hand” has nothing to do with hands.

idiom - an expression in the usage of a language that has a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (eg, raining cats and dogs)

idiom - an expression that does not mean what it literally says, as “to have the upper hand” has nothing to do with hands.

Noun

• S: (n) parlance, idiom (a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language)

• S: (n) artistic style, idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement) "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

• S: (n) idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase (an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up)

once bitten twice shhhh

bird in the hand worth 2 in the bush