noun
- expressions whose meanings cannot be understood from the individual words that make them up
Usage: plural of idiom
Examples
- English idioms like ‘break a leg’ can confuse new language learners.
- The teacher explained several common idioms used in everyday conversation.
- Many idioms don’t translate well between languages.
- Students struggled to understand the idioms in the novel.
- She collected idioms from different cultures for her research project.
- The dictionary includes hundreds of English idioms and their meanings.