An idiom is an everyday figure of speech or metaphorical expression that is commonly used by a language’s native speakers. Its meaning cannot be taken literary because it often goes against the ...

There’s a reason these idioms are part of our everyday vocabulary. “We’re a sports-obsessed nation,” says Michael Adams, PhD, a professor of English and linguistics at Indiana University ...

An idiom is a phrase that, when taken as a whole ... The phrase can also be a distortion of the word catadupe. In old English, catadupe meant a cataract or waterfall. It means to pretend to be sad ...