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Idoms

CBSE ADDA An idiom is an expression (ie term or phrase) whose meaning cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words, but refers instead to a figurative meaning. The English language is full of idioms (over 15,000).   Native speakers of English use idioms all the time, sometimes without realizing that they are doing so.   Often idioms confuse those not already familiar with them.   Students of a new language must learn its idiomatic expressions the way they learn its other vocabulary.   In fact many natural language words have idiomatic origins, but have been sufficiently assimilated so that their figurative senses have been lost. On this page you can find a collection of some of the most popular english idioms: put in my Two cents  - to express their views on any issue;  I Just Wanted to put in my Two cents.  / I just wanted to voice my opinion /. Rain Cats and dogs  - raining very heavily, rain pelting rain We Can not Go out - it's Raining Cats and

Idoms

CBSE ADDA An idiom is an expression (ie term or phrase) whose meaning cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words, but refers instead to a figurative meaning. The English language is full of idioms (over 15,000).   Native speakers of English use idioms all the time, sometimes without realizing that they are doing so.   Often idioms confuse those not already familiar with them.   Students of a new language must learn its idiomatic expressions the way they learn its other vocabulary.   In fact many natural language words have idiomatic origins, but have been sufficiently assimilated so that their figurative senses have been lost. On this page you can find a collection of some of the most popular english idioms: put in my Two cents  - to express their views on any issue;  I Just Wanted to put in my Two cents.  / I just wanted to voice my opinion /. Rain Cats and dogs  - raining very heavily, rain pelting rain We Can not Go out - it's Raining Cats and