id-i-om |ˈidēəm|
noun
1 a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light).
• a form of expression natural to a language, person, or group of people : he had a feeling for phrase and idiom.
• the dialect of a people or part of a country.
2 a characteristic mode of expression in music or art : they were both working in a neo-Impressionist idiom.
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French idiome, or via late Latin from Greek idiōma ‘private property, peculiar phraseology,’ from idiousthai ‘make one's own,’ from idios ‘own, private.’
1. Imagine that!
2. Shrink-Wrapped
3. Devil In The Details
4. The Best Laid Plans
There are many versions of this idiom. I prefer the original as penned by Robert Burns in his poem To a Mouse.
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
For promis’d joy!
5. Fed Up
6. It's All Greek To Me
It's time for a joke...
Q: What's a Grecian urn?
A: Not enough, whether in Drachmas or Euros.
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