Idiom of the Day

Posted by: Josef Essberger

An idiom is a group of words in current usage having a meaning that is not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, “to rain cats and dogs” – which means “to rain very heavily” – is an idiom; and “over the moon” – which means “extremely happy” – is another idiom. In […]

An idiom is a group of words in current usage having a meaning that is not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, “to rain cats and dogs” – which means “to rain very heavily” – is an idiom; and “over the moon” – which means “extremely happy” – is another idiom. In both cases, you would have a hard time understanding the real meaning if you did not already know these idioms!

Now you can learn a new idiom every day (as well as some other words of the day if you like).

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Posted by Josef Essberger September 2009
Contributor: Josef Essberger, founder of EnglishClub. Originally from London, England, Josef is the author of several books for learners of English including English Prepositions List and Learn English in 7.

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8 comments

• Paw wah says:
  

  That’s great to learn

• Ricardo Muginga Gomes says:
  

  Thank you for this halpy I get in this site . I hop do you mad always.

• ali says:
  

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• Thu Zar Phyu says:
  

  great,I think we need to know to improve our English

• selma says:
  

  Great idea that keeps us to connected closely.
  Thank you Josef.
  My Kindly Regards.
  Selma,

• Nucha says:
  

  Thank you so much, I love it that made me more understand in English. Good advice,Josef .

  All the best ,
  Nucha

• leechuoi says:
  

  hi,
  This is greate thing that i know…plz give me some…

  Have a nice day!!
  leechuoi

• Nafis says:
  

  Dear Josef,

  I LOVE this part of EC. Every day, I check the EC for new idioms every day. I am a big fan of “idiom of the day.”Thank you so much for this part.

  My warmest regards,
  Nafis