Idiomatic Expressions

“Ea An idiom (Latin: idioma, "special property", f. Greek: ἰδίωμα – idiōma, "special feature, special phrasing", f. Greek: ἴδιος – idios, "one’s own") is a combination of words that have a figurative meaning owing to its common usage. An idiom's figurative meaning is separate from the literal meaning.[1] There are thousands of idioms and they occur frequently in all languages. There are estimated to be at least twenty-five thousand idiomatic expressions in the English language.[2]ch of the word combinations in bold has at least two meanings: a literal meaning and a figurative meaning. Such expressions that are typical for a language can appear as words, combinations of words, phrases, entire clauses, and entire sentences. Idiomatic expressions in the form of entire sentences are called proverbs[4] if they refer to a universal truth.”

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English-language_idioms 

http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/supe/strategicplan.html 

http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/idiomatic-expressions.html 

http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/idioms_with_estar 

http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/daily-diagrams.html 

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/expresionesidiomaticas.htm