Idioms, Proverbs

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Idioms, Proverbs Adages
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Idiom?

• An idiom is a group of words which have a
  different meaning when used together from the one
  they would have if you took the meaning of each
  word individually.
• Popular expressions that dont always mean what
  one would expect.

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Proverbs Adages

• A proverb or adage is a short sentence that
  people often quote, which gives advice or tells
  you something about life.
• Popular expressions that give advice or wisdom.

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Idioms

• A piece of cake very easy to do
• I can fix your car in ten minutes. Its a piece
  of cake!
• Spill the beans to tell a secret
• Pierre spilled the beans and told me about the
  surprise party.
• Put ones foot in ones mouth to say something
  embarrassing
• Think before you speak so you dont put your foot
  in your mouth.
• Green with envy very jealous
• When I won the prize, all my friends were green
  with envy.

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Proverbs Adages

• 1. Actions speak louder than words
• What a person actually does is more important
  than what they say they will do.
• 2. Beauty is only skin deep
• A persons character is more important than their
  appearance.
• 3. Better late than never
• It is better to do something, even if its late,
  than to not do it at all.