Question

difference between idiom ,proverb and phrase

Answer 1

A proverb is short and wise saying a deep meaning.
Idioms may be defined as expressions pecuilar to a language.
A group of words is known as phrase.

Answer 2

A phrase is “a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit”, while an idiom is “a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words”. So, the difference is that an idiom as an established meaning not directly linked to the individual words. Any idiom is a phrase.

As an example, “raining cats and dogs” is both an idiom and a phrase. “A herd of cats” is a phrase but not an idiom