refers to a phrase or expression that cannot be understood by knowing what the individual words in the phrase mean . An idiom is an expression that has a meaning apart from the meanings of its individual words.

My brother has such a big mouth, he told everything I said to our mother.

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I know all my friends’ telephone numbers by heart. I never have to look in the telephone book.

By heartTHE MEANING

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Everything in that fancy departement store costs an arm and a leg. I can’t afford to by anything there, not even a pencil.

To cost an arm and a legTHE MEANING

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I know you have a sweet tooth, so I bought you a box of chocolates.

To have a sweet toothTHE MEANING

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Pam and Tony are head over heals in love. They are planning to get married.

Head over heals in loveTHE MEANING

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Becuase Judy didn’t get an invitation to the party, she walked around with a long face since yesterday.

A long faceTHE MEANING

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Every time I go out, I notice my nosey neibours watching me. They must know everything about me.

Nosey THE MEANING

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Waiting for the bus on the cold, winding corner is a pain in the neck.

A pain in the neckTHE MEANING

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Tomorrow is not a holiday. Don’t believe John. He is just pulling your leg.

To pull someone’s legTHE MEANING

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Lucy and Dick never argue. They see eye to eye on almost everything.

To see eye to eyeTHE MEANING

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Shake a leg! We have to be at school in twenty minutes.

To shake a legTHE MEANING

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A person who talks too much and does not keep secrets.

A big mouth

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Be memory

By heart

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To cost an arm and a leg

To be very expensive.

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To have a sweet tooth.

To like sweet food very much.

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Very much in love

Head over heals in love

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A sad, dissatified expression.

A long face

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nosey

Always wanting to know other people’s business and what other people are doing.

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A pain in the neck

Something or someone that annoys or bothers a person

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To joke, to kid or trick somebody

To pull someone’s leg

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To agree completely

To see eye to eye

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To shake a leg

To hurry up, move faster.

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Last year my English class was full of characters. That's a polite way of saying it had some unusual people that I'll never forget. One student was such a hard worker that he learned all the idioms in our book by heart. He was always saying things like "I'm on cloud nine," or "I'm green with envy." We never knew if he meant what he said or if he was just practicing English. Another student had a sweet tooth. She would bake lots of breads and cakes and bringthem to every class for us to share during breaks. Two students met in the class and fell head over heels in love. We were all invited to their wedding and had a great time. Then there was a student who was always pulling someone's leg. For example, one day before class, he put a long homework assignment on the board and made us think that the teacher had given it. We all had long faces until the teacher came in. Then we realized that someone had played a joke on us.