6 Popular English Idioms & Their Meanings
An idiom is a phrase that, when taken as a whole, has a meaning you wouldn’t be able to deduce from the meanings of the individual words. 1. Stir up a hornet’s nest Explanation: To stir up a hornet’s nest is to course problems or make trouble or to course commotion. Example: The community members decided not to stir up a hornet’s nest by calling a community meeting to force the tenants to cut a meter out of their stands. 2. An eye for an eye Explanation: An idea that a person who causes
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