Whats an idiom?

Question:yeha wats an idiom

Answers:
Look it up! Jeez. ur on the internet. Jesus Heralds Christ.
the language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class
its a word

dont kick the bucket thinking of it
An idiom is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words.

Example:A little bird told me
If someone doesn't want to say where they got some information from, they can say that a little bird told them.
i'll give some meanings of it...

Idioms means...

is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, which can make idioms hard for students and learners to understand.

style of artistic expression characteristic of a particular individual, school, period, or medium: the idiom of the French impressionists; the punk rock idiom.

style or manner of expression peculiar to a given people: "Also important is the uneasiness I've always felt at cutting myself off from my idiom, the American habits of speech and jest and reaction, all of them entirely different from the local variety" (S.J. Perelman).

The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.

Late Latin idiōma, idiōmat-, from Greek, from idiousthai, to make one's own, from idios, own, personal, private; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]


EXAMPLE:
An old flame...
An old flame is a person that somebody has had an emotional, usually passionate, relationship with, who is still looked on fondly and with affection.

Ants in your pants ...
If someone has ants in their pants, they are agitated or excited about something and can't keep still.

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