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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).
The meaning in this context was marked the line of separation. An earlier 1813 publication had used the term toe the mark which had the same meaning as toe the line's modern usage, where the author wrote He began to think it was high time to toe the mark. [10] An 1828 publication also used toe the plank with a similar meaning. [11]
The apple does not fall/never falls far from the tree; The best condiments are authentic flavors; The best defense is a good offense; The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry; The best things in life are free; The bigger they are, the harder they fall; The boy is father to the man; The bread never falls but on its buttered side
Comprehension of idioms is the act of processing and understanding idioms.Idioms are a common type of figure of speech.Based on common linguistic definitions, an idiom is a combination of words that contains a meaning that cannot be understood based on the literal definition of the individual words. [1]
one thousand million, or 1,000,000,000 (US: billion or 1,000,000,000) [92] Has for a long time been superseded by the short scale usage of billion (1,000,000,000) and was never as commonly used in the UK as it still is in mainland Europe (where the long scale is still used); when the long scale was used in Britain, "a thousand million" was more ...
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If you dig a tunnel straight through the center of the Earth - how long would it take you to reach the other side? For decades the answer to that was about 42 minutes.
To do this, the officers would mark a line in the dirt and order the soldiers to place their toes on the line, or "toe the line". As disobedience was not tolerated in the Roman Army, it came to take on the connotation we know today. The phrase lived on in Britain after the fall of the Roman empire where it was picked up in the local language.