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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 mudras (dance) - Wikipedia

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   One of the most striking features of Indian classical dance and dances of Thailand, [1] Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and the Malay world is the use of hand gestures. Speaking in dance via gestures in order to convey outer events or things visually is what mudras do. To convey inner feelings, two classifications of mudras (hand or finger gesture) are ...

4. 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 ...

5. It takes two to tango - Wikipedia

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   The tango is a dance which requires two partners moving in relation to each other, sometimes in tandem, sometimes in opposition. [2] The meaning of this expression has been extended to include any situation in which the two partners are by definition understood to be essential—as in, a marriage with only one partner ceases to be a marriage.

6. Idiom - Wikipedia

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   An idiom is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or non-literal meaning, rather than making any literal sense.Categorized as formulaic language, an idiomatic expression's meaning is different from the literal meanings of each word inside it. [1]

7. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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   If you must dance with the Devil, you might as well know his favorite song (H. Anthony Ribadeneira) If you've got it, flaunt it; Ignorance is bliss; Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; In for a penny, in for a pound (March comes) in like a lion, (and goes) out like a lamb; In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king

8. Category:English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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   Glossary of English-language idioms derived from baseball; Bed of roses; Belling the Cat; Best friends forever; Between Scylla and Charybdis; Bill matter; Birds of a feather flock together; Black sheep; Blessing in disguise; Blood, toil, tears and sweat; Born in the purple; The Boy Who Cried Wolf; Bread and butter (superstition) Break a leg ...

9. Category:Idioms - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Idioms from non-English cultures (4 C, 8 P) L. ... Pages in category "Idioms" The following 23 pages are in this category, out ...