Can anyone please give me 10 examples of Idiomatic Expressions?
I’ll assume you are not a native speaker of English. That’s why I’ll spell it out for you. In case you’re a native, I apologize for all the unnecessary explanations. An idiom is a combination of words (a phrase or an expression). Out of context, each of these words has a meaning in itself. For example, “take someone for granted” is an idiomatic expression: take = to gain, to hold, etc. someone = a person for = in place of, instead of, etc. to grant = to give However, the expression “to take someone for granted” must be understood as an indivisible whole, that is, it cannot be broken up into parts. “To take someone for granted” means “to accept someone without questioning”. This definition, of course, is too vague. Here’s an example: If a wife says that her husband takes her for granted, it means that he’s got used to her, to the things she does around the house in a way that it is difficult for him to give her the recognition she deserves. As you can see, idioms have a strong cultural
