What is the meaning of Idiom and Slang? What are the differences and similarities between them?
Idioms cannot be understood by the individual meanings of its words–they don’t make sense, really. They are MADE to have sense because an idiom is used in a culture, so it becomes an accepted description of something. The meaning is dependent on culture, and in order to understand an idiom, one must have a common reference/common information. For example, “he kicked the bucket.” This means, in America, “he died.” But to someone in X culture, they would hear the phrase and think that some man literally kicked a bucket. Slang is an informal word or expression, and is usually playful. They’re similar in that they are usually localized–they are usually understood within the context of a culture…but it’s different in that this is less of a national culture and more of smaller cultures–like people who are really into wine might say “Chard” instead of “Chardonnay,” and if they said it in conversation with ONE ANOTHER, they would all know that they’re talking about Chardonnay. But if you
