Language is a living, evolving system that adapts to the needs and creativity of its speakers. Among the most fascinating ...

In a shocking incident from Bihar , a government school teacher has sparked outrage by using alcohol references to explain ...

The Idioms Dictionary remains relevant by incorporating these new idioms and tracking their usage. It serves as a living archive of language, capturing both time-honored expressions and those that ...

Idioms—phrases that come to mean more than each word's "literal meaning" on their own—have been a part of spoken language for ...

Most of the time, numbers are just units for counting, but in many cultures, they can hold other meanings and are incorporated into idioms. In English, people say “I’m on cloud nine” to ...

Here are seven idioms you can use to start a conversation about environmental issues and the climate crisis. Example: The surge in dust storms is the elephant in the room that we do not talk about ...

Idioms use language metaphorically rather than literally. Khalid meant to say 'Let me see if I can jog your memory' which means 'Let me try to help you remember' (the metaphorical meaning).

Being 'over the moon' originates from the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle. Learn more about the meanings behind some of our most well-used idioms in Radio 4's Word of Mouth on Haggard Hawks.