Idiomatic Expression

Idiomatic Expression

Idioms or Idiomatic Epressions

• An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase

• A type of informal language that have a meaning different from the meaning of the words in the expression.

It's raining cats and dogs

• This expression means it is raining very hard

• imagine if we take idioms literally?

Hold your horses

What does it mean?

Hold your tongue

This idiom doesn't actually mean that you should stick your fingers inside your mouth and grab a hold of your tongue. It means that you shouldn't talk.

People "hold their tongues" when they're in situations where they want to talk, but it would be better if they didn't. So, while their tongue is ready to do some talking, they "hold" it and don't say anything.

What do these expression mean?

• Chadde is absent. Maybe he's feeling under the weather.

• This discussion is a piece of cake.

• Gosh! This trousers cost an arm and a leg.

• I go shopping once in a blue moon.

• I'll stop playing Roblox when pigs fly.