English Idioms

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1. What Are Some of the First English Idioms You Learned? 1 2

   By LauraM, October 7, 2013
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   • Amelie
   • November 18, 2015
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3. Favourite English Idioms 1 2

   By dtommy79, August 1, 2013
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   • 12.3k views
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   • Banister
   • December 6, 2013

4. More fish in the sea :D 1 2

   By lookforuu, July 30, 2013
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   • Muthoni
   • October 28, 2014

5. Strange idiomatic expressions 1 2

   By Michelle, December 3, 2013
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   • czarina84
   • December 10, 2015

6. Animal Idioms in English 1 2

   By LauraM, October 2, 2013
   • 27 replies
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   • Feather
   • December 7, 2015

7. Idioms about Food :)

   By eppie, December 30, 2013
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   • czarina84
   • December 2, 2015

8. Ever Heard of a "Southernism"? What's Your Country's "South"?

   By Papryus, December 18, 2013
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   • aviendha
   • August 27, 2016

9. Idioms Related to Death

   By eppie, March 3, 2014
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   • linguaholic
   • April 20, 2018

10. Favorite Idiom

    By Dera, February 24, 2014
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    • Litnax
    • October 24, 2015

11. If You Could Only Pick One, What Would Be Your Favorite Idiom?

    By Akiyama, January 1, 2014
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    • Amelie
    • November 23, 2015

12. Weather Idioms and Expressions in English

    By LauraM, November 28, 2013
    • 20 replies
    • 6.9k views
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    • czarina84
    • December 22, 2015

13. Idiom basics

    By Cutler4Life, July 15, 2013
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    • pftsusan
    • September 27, 2013

14. Idioms related to medicine

    By AExAVF, June 2, 2014
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    • jacombo
    • Saturday at 07:31 PM

15. What makes idioms confusing

    By SarahRTW, August 30, 2013
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    • czarina84
    • October 26, 2015

16. Fish and Fishing Idioms in English

    By LauraM, October 4, 2013
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    • Rooks57
    • September 21, 2016

17. Sports Idioms in English

    By LauraM, January 4, 2014
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    • AlessandroRdz
    • February 11, 2020

18. Why do people say he has a chip on his shoulder?

    By g2narat, June 28, 2014
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    • RyanGarg
    • July 8, 2015

19. Palindromes

    By Silverhoop, November 8, 2013
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    • poftim
    • September 13, 2016

20. Color/Colour idioms in the English language

    By linguaholic, January 23, 2014
    • 16 replies
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    • OmniHead
    • December 16, 2015

21. Historical significance of idioms

    By Ersatz, July 31, 2013
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    • alabala
    • November 2, 2014

22. Idioms about birds.

    By Sandman, February 23, 2014
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    • linguaholic
    • February 28, 2014

23. Uncommon idioms and phrases

    By Eudora13, November 30, 2013
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    • eppie
    • May 24, 2014

24. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

    By OddVisions, November 17, 2014
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    • anna3101
    • November 14, 2015

25. Hand Idioms in English

    By LauraM, February 19, 2014
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    • czarina84
    • December 16, 2015

26. Bird Idioms in English

    By LauraM, November 5, 2013
    • 13 replies
    • 6.5k views
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    • Banister
    • December 2, 2013