Idioms


Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places.


Idiom:
serve as a guinea pig

Meaning:
to allow some kind of test to be performed on someone

Example:
The students served as a guinea pig for the school board's plan to change the school curriculum.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is a type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can't be deciphered by defining the individual words.
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