Look at the common English expressions below. How many do you know? How many are you unsure of?
bed of roses
hit the hay
bury your head in the sand
wet behind the ears
backseat driver
knock on wood
apple of (someone’s) eye
see eye to eye
on pins and needles
fly off the handle
toot your own horn
born yesterday
hold your horses
bury the hatchet
as a matter of fact
spill the beans
The expressions listed above are called idioms. Idioms are common expressions that have a hidden meaning. The actual meaning (how it is used in everyday speech) is different from the literal meaning (what the dictionary says the words mean).
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