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:
trial balloon

Meaning:
an announcement or experiment with the purpose of finding out what people think about an idea or product

Example:
We sent up a trial balloon to see who would support our plan for the new product.


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.
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