Idioms
A group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.
Idiom:
shoot one's wad
Meaning:
to spend all of one`s money, to say everything that is on one`s mind
Example:
My friend shot his wad at a casino during his vacation.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is defined as - a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words.