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Idiomatic Expression Notes

Idioms are expressions that help describe situations creatively and share cultural information. They have meanings that cannot be understood from the individual words. Idioms differ across languages and can reflect cultural traditions. They allow people to express themselves in a distinctive way and enrich language. Understanding idioms means seeing the full meaning of a phrase rather than focusing on each word.

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Idiomatic Expression Notes

Idioms are expressions that help describe situations creatively and share cultural information. They have meanings that cannot be understood from the individual words. Idioms differ across languages and can reflect cultural traditions. They allow people to express themselves in a distinctive way and enrich language. Understanding idioms means seeing the full meaning of a phrase rather than focusing on each word.

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Idioms are expressions that help us describe an exact situation in a different,
more creative way. They share cultural and historical information and broaden
people’s understanding of a language. Idioms build up some distinctive features
which can differ from one language to another. And what’s more interesting,
idioms can sometimes reflect certain cultural traditions and personalities.

BENEFITS OF USING IDIOMS


• An idiom is a type of phrase
or expression that has a 1. Idioms help us say many things with just a few
words.
meaning that can’t be
2. Usage of idioms in speech and writing will help
deciphered by defining the
one achieve a higher level of mastery and
individual words. fluency in the language.
• The word “idiom” is derived 3. Idioms can help lessen any tense situation
from the ancient Greek word when speaking a specific language.
“idioma,” which means
“peculiar phraseology.” EXAMPLES OF IDIOMS
• Its relevance is enabling us to
express ourselves in a • Hit someone below the belt = attack in an
distinctive and innovative unjust manner
way. • Cloak-and-dagger = something is dubious &
covert
• With idioms, we enrich our
• The ball is in your court = a decisión is up to you
language by giving clear
• By the skin of your teeth = barely made it
meaning that alternative • Wolf in sheep’s clothing = a mean/cruel person
wording lacks. who pretends to be nice and caring
• As cool as a cucumber = very calm & composed
& untroubled by stress
People who struggle with idioms often can’t see the forest for the trees, which is
itself an idiom used to describe someone who’s too involved with the details of
a situation and can’t see the bigger picture at hand. It doesn’t involve any forests
or trees. To understand idioms is to see the forest for the trees, or to look at the
phrase as a whole rather than focusing on the individual words.
To understand idioms is to see the forest for the trees, or to look at the phrase
as a whole rather than focusing on the individual words.

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