VOCABULARY

Idiomatic Expressions

What are idioms?

The English language has thousands of idioms. idioms are expressions in which the meaning of the whole expression has a different meaning from the meanings of the individual words.For example:

The meaning of the following idiom:

" Kick the bucket "

cannot be deduced from the words it includes. Its meaning is:

"to die"

If you want to understand a language, you have to know what the idioms in that language mean. You have to figure out its "hidden" meaning, not the literal meaning.

Here are some idioms arranged in categories.

Exercise on idioms. Grammar lessons. Vocabulary lessons. Speaking lessons. Writing lessons. Reading materials. Listening materials. Exercises and tests.