Home > Blossary: American Idioms, figure of speech
Collection of American Idioms- I have heard from native speakers over 20 years.

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Created by: evergreen1225

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If things are going like hot cakes, people are buying a lot of them very fast (often in continuous tenses),

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

(Simile) Unquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings.

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

one of the most important people in a small group or organization, who would have much less power and importance if they were part of a larger group or organization.

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

if you have a big mouth, you talk too much, especially about things that should be secret.

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

1) To labor along slowly. (Steam locomotives made the sound "chug, chug.") 2) To move along at a steady pace.

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

To eat something, usually quickly or without good manners. To eat something greedily or voraciously

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

(Simile) stupid; slow to learn or understand.

Domain: Language; Category: Idioms

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