Idioms
Idioms are phrases which cannot be understood simply by looking at the meaning of the individual words in the phrase.
Idiom:
a flight of fancy
Meaning:
an idea that is out of touch with reality or possibility
Example:
It was a flight of fancy that we would think of trying to climb Mt. Everest.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is defined as - a group of words in a fixed order that has a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own.