/ˈɪdiəm ||; ˈɪdɪəm/noun
[C] an expression whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words in it 习语;惯用语;成语:
The idiom ‘bring sth home to sb’ means ‘make sb understand sth’.bring sth home to sb这个习语的意思是“使人明白某事物”。
idiom/ˋIdIəm; ˈIdiəm/n [C] a group of words that have a different meaning from the usual meaning of the separate words. For example, ‘under the weather’ is an idiom meaning ‘ill’. 习语﹐成语see box at见 PHRASE1 方框