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IDIOMS
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This thread is for Idioms.

Idioms are word combinations that have a different figurative meaning than the literal meanings of each word or phrase.

SI Ron has an excellent word thread named My Dictionary.

Best to All -- Josh
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117That Ship Has Sailed -- An opportunity lost. goldworldnet-1/12/2020
116Split or Choose... It is always better to choose than to split when dividing a goldworldnet-12/2/2019
115Toy Money... Obviously given to the financial cost of non-essential pursuits andgoldworldnet111/30/2019
114Off the chain. [graphic] goldworldnet111/18/2019
113Mad as a hatter. en.wikipedia.org goldworldnet-11/10/2019
112Red pill and blue pill en.wikipedia.org goldworldnet-11/8/2019
111Bite the bullet en.wikipedia.org goldworldnet111/8/2019
110or [graphic]Shoot1st111/7/2019
109go Dutch phrase of Dutch INFORMAL share the cost of something, especially a meShoot1st111/7/2019
108Your topic is part of a larger linguistics study. Phraseology In linguistics, DMaA-11/7/2019
107I've been red pilled. Fascinating how important that one has become in a shDMaA111/7/2019
106Well then, they should have sung "Cheep at half the price." <ggg&gStan-11/7/2019
105"Cheap at half the price" is original, but a dated expression. [graphgoldworldnet-11/7/2019
104There is a line in Oliver! that baffles me when Oliver has been taken by the ricStan111/6/2019
103Because TP was already taken?Stan-11/6/2019
102Jack Frost nipping at your nose. goldworldnet-11/6/2019
101More of a simile than an idiom but nice writing anyway: Writing about the weathDMaA111/5/2019
100and if it walks like a duck......Shoot1st111/3/2019
99Like a duck to water. goldworldnet-11/3/2019
98Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. goldworldnet-11/2/2019
97TV is called Telly in Britain.SI Ron (Colonel Sammy)-11/2/2019
96Here's a question. Everyone called Television TV. Nobody every called a DMaA-11/2/2019
95A 2fer Elvis has left the building..... and the screen door didn't hit hiShoot1st111/1/2019
94As I blindly wondered.....I stumbled here..... seemingly fortuitous. I remain Shoot1st111/1/2019
93If you can't float your boat, it will sink. I'm doing my best to help goldworldnet-11/1/2019
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