What is Idiom ?
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an expression
whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent
elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general
grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and
that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
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a language,
dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people.
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a construction
or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another
language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in
the second language.
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Idioms are, literally ideas as expressions. They develop from
older usage, where the words mean something other than their literal meaning.
In some cases the meaning of the original expression has been lost, or is an
archaism.
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Idiomatic expression is the extension of the idea of an idiom,
using it as the basis of the statement. In many cases this is a more effective
use of the language, because it maintains the same subject, and extrapolates
its meaning.
Example
Idiom: He really
went to town on that issue.
Idiomatic usage: He not only went, he apparently hasn't come back yet.
Idiomatic usage: He not only went, he apparently hasn't come back yet.
Idiom: That was
a curly question.
Idiomatic usage: Yes, so curly it was a learning curve of itself.
Idiomatic usage: Yes, so curly it was a learning curve of itself.
Idiom: He's true
blue.
Idiomatic usage: Yeah, red and white, too.
Idiomatic usage: Yeah, red and white, too.
Idiom: Now is
the winter of our discontent
Idiomatic usage: When are you expecting glorious summer?
Idiomatic usage: When are you expecting glorious summer?
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