Dictionary of American Idioms (Barron’s Dictionary of American Idioms)

                Idiom

• • an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own.
  • a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area and that uses some of its own words, grammar, and punctuation.
  • a form of words that cannot be understood on it literal meaning.
  • a form of a jargon.

McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms Dictionary (McGraw-Hill ESL References)

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Dictionary of American Idioms (Barron’s Dictionary of American Idioms)