Question

Idiom vs phrases 3 points ?

Answer 1

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✏ An Idiom does not means what its words says while A Pharse exactly means what its words says.

✏ An Idiom has a fixed meaning while A Pharse do not often have fixed meaning.

✏ An Idiom might not make a sense to us if we are not familiar with it but A Pharse will always make a sense either we are familiar with it or not.

Answer 2

Answer:

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.