She wore the bright red dress hoping to catch the fancy of her handsome coworker.
The clerk asked, "Do you prefer a simple gown or a fancy one?"
It's a hunting term. If the animal you're hunting is in a bush, you beat at the branches to flush the animal out into the open so you can catch it. If you beat AROUND the bush, you're making a lot of noise and pretending to work hard, but not actually doing anything effective.
Hammurabi was a long fancy bearded and long haired man with fancy gold clothes and golden hat.
what is origin of the idioum race against the clock
IT is called a banquet
If you take a fancy to eating chocolates you will get fat.He took a fancy to her way of speaking.
I was momentarily taken aback when the ploice officer said, "Catch you later."
I think I am catching a cold.Do you think you are catching a cold?
My Favorite IDIOM Is, When Pigs Fly.
Idiom
The women were dressed in fancy clothing.
"The idiom 'that just kills' is hardly appropriate at a funeral."
Idioms "catch on" because they are colorful ways of communicating.
That phrase must be an idiom, because I can't understand what it means."It's raining cats and dogs" is an idiom for "it's raining really hard.""I am learning about idioms in English class."Timmy was the apple of my eye".This sentence is an example of an idiom.
An idiom usually is a sentence, or part of one. It certainly can be used as part of a sentence. The way to tell if it's an idiom is if it makes sense the way it's literally written.
The sentence is not, because an idiom is usually a phrase. The idiom is "do lunch," which means to have lunch together, usually while discussing business.
That IS a sentence.