When you are speaking with people from the same native area as you so that common sayings or "expressions" aren't taken literal but their figurative meaning is well known. "Kick the bucket" "The cat's out of the bag"
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"Turn a deaf ear" is an idiomatic expression meaning to ignore or pay no attention to something.
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"You" is not an idiom. It is a pronoun.
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Give me 1 example of idiomatic expression
This expression means real and simple.
A white elephant means 'something useless and expensive to keep'
The correct idiomatic expression is "toe the line", not "a toe the line". It means to follow the rules or policies. Here is a sample sentence: Jim's refusal to toe the line was a source of friction between him and his superiors.
An idiom is a phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, while an idiomatic expression is a specific phrase or sentence structure that is characteristic of a particular language or dialect. Idioms are a type of idiomatic expression, but not all idiomatic expressions are idioms.