Assertion: idiom | /r/HasProperty | phrase
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Source sentences:
text: An idiom is a phrase, saying or a group of words that has a metaphorical (not literal) meaning, which has become accepted in common usage.
text: In the constituency tree each phrase is marked by a phrasal node (NP, PP, VP); and there are eight phrases identified by phrase structure analysis in the example sentence.
text: An idiom, or idiomatic expression, is a phrase or term whose meaning cannot be guessed from a literal definition of the words.
text: An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase.
text: An idiom is a phrase whose meaning could not be readily deduced from the meaning of its individual words.
text: Any idiom is a phrase.
text: An idiom, or idiomatic expression, is a phrase or term whose meaning cannot be guessed from a literal definition of the words.
text: An idiom is a phrase used to convey an expression or feeling.
text: Since idioms are phrases where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, this can make idioms hard for ESL students and learners to understand.
text: Idioms are phrases whose meanings cannot easily be known from the meanings of each work in the phrase.