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firman2
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Location: Indonesia
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 Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:36 am Post subject: what is idiom |
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hi friends..I m new member from Indonesia..By this forum, I hope I can increase my english...btw, can you help me? I want to know about english idiom? what is it? how to make it? what is good of it? and why does it exist? ta...  |
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Christine123
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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Location: Indiana
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Hello, and welcome. Idioms exist in most languages. They are words, phrases, or expressions that are not to be taken literally, but instead hold some sort of figurative meaning. English has thousands of idioms. Here are a few examples:
to have an ax to grind - to have a complaint
drive (someone) nuts - to annoy someone
to shoot (oneself) in the foot - to make a situation more difficult for oneself
to only touch the tip of the iceberg - to only discuss the simple parts of a very large and difficult problem
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