English+idiom

  • 61ASL Idioms — American Sign Language (ASL) is the main language of members of the Deaf community in the United States. One major component of their language is the use of idioms. The validity of these idioms have often been questioned or confused with… …

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  • 62language — 1 Language, dialect, tongue, speech, idiom are comparable when they denote a body or system of words and phrases used by a large community (as of a region) or by a people, a nation, or a group of nations. Language may be used as a general term… …

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  • 63Make a mountain out of a molehill — Making a mountain out of a molehill is an idiom referring to over reactive, histrionic behaviour where a person makes too much of a minor issue. Metaphor The idiom is a metaphor for the common behaviour of responding disproportionately to… …

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  • 64Elephant in the room — The elephant in the room (also elephant in the living room , elephant in the parlor , elephant in the corner , elephant on the dinner table , elephant in the kitchen , and horse in the corner ) is an English idiom for an obvious truth that is… …

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  • 65id|i|om — «IHD ee uhm», noun. 1. a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words in it. “Give in” is an English idiom meaning “yield.” 2. the language or dialect of a particular area or group: »the idiom of …

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  • 66Common fig — Ficus carica Common Fig Common Fig foliage and fruit Conservation status …

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  • 67Versions of the Bible — • Article on versions of the Bible in the original languages and in translation. Grouped by source Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Versions of the Bible     Versions of the Bible …

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  • 68All About H. Hatterr — (1948) is a classic novel by G. V. Desani chronicling the adventures of an Anglo Malay man in search of wisdom and enlightenment. As far back as in 1951, Desani later wrote, I said H. Hatterr was a portrait of a man, the common vulgar species,… …

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  • 69List of Latin phrases (S) — This page lists direct English translations of Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of… …

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  • 70Nobility — Nobles redirects here. For other uses, see Nobles (disambiguation). For other uses, see Noble (disambiguation). Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society,… …

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