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.
what is origin of the idioum race against the clock
Hammurabi was a long fancy bearded and long haired man with fancy gold clothes and golden hat.
The Pella curse tablet is a lead scroll found in Pella, the capital of ancient Macedonia in Greece and is inscribed with a curse or magic spell in a distinct Doric Greek idiom. The tablet along with other texts discovered in the area, align with the names and toponym's of the Macedonians and confirm that the locals spoke a distinct idiom of Doric Greek and that the Macedonian language was a distinct Doric Greek idiom.
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
To include an idiom in an example sentence, simply incorporate the idiom naturally into the sentence to convey a figurative meaning. For example, "She had a chip on her shoulder" is an idiom meaning she was easily offended or held a grudge.
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.
Idioms "catch on" because they are colorful ways of communicating.
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.
"Throw the book at him" IS a sentence.
The women were dressed in fancy clothing.