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:
sit on one's hands

Meaning:
to do nothing, to fail to help

Example:
The manager sat on her hands and refused to do anything about the complaints that she had received.


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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