For other uses, see Idiom (disambiguation).
English grammar

Adjectives,
Adverbs,
Articles,
Clauses,
Compounds,
Conditionals,
Conjunctions,
Determiners,
Gender,
Idiom,
Interjections,
Inversion,
Nouns,
Pronouns,
Phrases,
Plurals,
Possessives,
Prepositions,
Verbs
Auxiliaries, contractions,
Irregular verbs,
Modal verbs,
Passive voice,
Phrasal verbs,
Subjunctive,
Verb usage,
,
Grammar disputes,

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An idiom (Latin: idioma, "special property", f. Greek: ἰδίωμα - idiōma, "special feature, special phrasing", f. Greek: ἴδιος - idios, "one's own") is a combination of words that has a figurative meaning owing to its common usage. An idiom's figurative meaning is separate from the literal meaning. There are thousands of idioms and they occur frequently in all languages. There are estimated to be at least twenty-five thousand idiomatic expressions in the English language.