English Idioms

English Idioms

by PATRICIA HOWELL

WHAT ARE IDIOMS?​

LET'S FIND OUT...​

​Idiom

• ​a group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own:

​Examples of idioms

​Some of these idioms can be used in your daily conversation.

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​It'll make your speech more fun and add in some flavours to it.

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​example: Ben has always been the barrel of laughs among us.

​Why do we need to use idioms?

​Idioms are figurative language.

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By using idioms in our daily conversation, our conversation will become richer and more robust.

​Other languages that have idioms...

​Chinese - 成语

​Malay - Simpulan bahasa

​Iban - Sempama jaku

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​Similar to the the idioms in English, these languages also used idioms to make their daily conversation more colourful and flavourful.

So, what are the examples of idioms that you know has the similar meaning in all the languages?​