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                                                     Bull in a china shop.

                                               Elephant in the living room.

 

     

  IDIOM:

  A MANNER OF SPEAKING THAT IS NATURAL TO NATIVE SPEAKERS OF A LANGUAGE    AN EXPRESSION WITH A DIFFERENT MEANING FROM THE MEANING OF THE INDIVIDUAL WORDS.       EXAMPLE: 'TO HAVE YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND ' IS AN IDIOM MEANING ' TO BE SENSIBLE.

'      'ALL THE RAGE'  MEANS  'TO BE VERY  POPULAR  AT A PARTICULAR TIME'

     IDIOMS; SYNONYMS:   EXPRESSION, IDIOMATIC   EXPRESSION, TURN OF PHRASE, SET PHRASE, FIXED EXPRESSION,

                 

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