Top 10 Most Commonly Used English Idioms And Their Meanings: Idioms are phrases or expressions with a figurative meaning that ...

Jan. 14-20 is Idiom Week, and today we thought we’d have a heart-to-heart about some strange phrases we use. Idioms, metaphors and similes are all types of figurative language. According to ...

Being a linguist—and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch)—I have an annoying habit: instead of paying attention to what ...

Mastering English idioms is more than just memorising funny phrases—it’s about sounding natural and fluent. Research shows that gaining control of idiomatic expressions is an important indicator of ...

From William Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney, figurative language such as idiom, metaphor, symbolism and allegory all function to make a poem sound more colourful and appealing to the reader. But are we ...

When both speaking and writing, it's a good idea to try to be as specific as possible when giving examples, or describing something. In this episode we'll outline some words and phrases that will help ...