id·i·om/ˈidēəm/Noun
1. A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., raining cats and dogs).
2. A form of expression natural to a language, person, or group of people: “he had a feeling for phrase and idiom“.
If you could come up with your own idiom – what would it be? We use them all the time – phrases and words with some figurative meaning like, “it’s a toss up” or, “cry over spilt milk.”
If you could come up with Your Idiom that would then become world-famous – what would it be?
Please leave Your Idiom in the comments or tweet it to me @lemness.
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