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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).
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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 ...
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Get a life (idiom) Get Out of Jail Free card; Give me liberty or give me death! Go ahead, make my day; Go fever; Go West, young man; God bless you; God is dead; Goffe and Whalley; Going Dutch; A good day to die; Good morning; Goodness Gracious Me; Gordon Bennett (phrase) A grain of salt; Gratis versus libre; Great Scott; The greatest thing ...
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