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  2. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. [1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:

  4. Category:English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    Sands of time (idiom) The Satyr and the Traveller; School of Hard Knocks; Sea change (idiom) Shut up; Silver bullet; Silver lining (idiom) Silver spoon; Sin City (description) Sitting on the fence; Skeleton in the closet; Skin of my teeth; Sliced bread; Small matter of programming; Smoke and mirrors; Speak of the devil; Spitting distance; List ...

  5. Category:Lists of English phrases - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... List of English-language idioms of the 19th century; A. ... English-language idioms; List of English ...

  6. Category:American English idioms - Wikipedia

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  7. Idiom dictionary - Wikipedia

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    An idiom dictionary may be a traditional book or expressed in another medium such as a database within software for machine translation.Examples of the genre include Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, which explains traditional allusions and proverbs, and Fowler's Modern English Usage, which was conceived as an idiom dictionary following the completion of the Concise Oxford English ...

  8. Category:Idioms - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Idioms" The following 23 pages are in this category ...

  9. List of Classical Greek phrases - Wikipedia

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    Herodotus says the phrase was a common expression in his own day. Charon's obol . 5th-1st century BC. All of these pseudo-coins have no sign of attachment, are too thin for normal use, and are often found in burial sites.