Generally we find that Asian students have trouble with the English article "the," because their language often does not use a part of speech like our article. But we have to recognize that the ...

Idiomatic expressions are like vocabulary items in the sense that they can only be learnt gradually and best of all in context so that you will remember them. Of course, you don't have to use ...

Language processing, particularly in the context of idiom comprehension, is a fascinating area of study that explores how individuals understand phrases whose meanings are not directly derived ...

Idioms use language metaphorically rather than literally. If you 'let your hair down', it means you relax and enjoy yourself, not that you untie your hair and let it fall. Idioms are also fixed ...

“Idioms are very common in everyday language; research has even shown that more than half of our everyday speech is made up of them,” says Lin, a research assistant professor from the ...