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Did you know?

The English language has thousands of idioms, most of which are informal. English learners usually have a hard time understanding an idiom’s real meaning without referring to an idiomatic dictionary. To make things easier for the learners, we will be adding interesting idioms here.

1. Barking up the wrong tree – Looking in the wrong place.

2. Call a spade a spade – To speak the truth, even to the point of being blunt and rude.

3. Keep an eye on something or someone : watch something or someone closely. Keep an eye on my daughter, she can be quite naughty.