collocationsA familiar grouping of words, especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association.
These combinations just sound "right" to native English speakers, who use them all the time. |
fixed expressionsIs a standard form of expression that has taken on a more specific meaning than the expression itself. It is different from a proverb in that it is used as a part of a sentence, and is the standard way of expressing a concept or idea.
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Day of consultation: March 16th 2013 URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fixed_expression&action=history |
idiomsAn idiom is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning or the associative or connotative meaning.
are group of words which as a whole has different meaning from the meaning of the individual words. For example: She is on cloud nine. the meaning is when we have a state of blissful happiness. |