Imagine people in a race or a line. If you drop out, you leave the line or race. Dropping out means quitting, stopping whatever is going on. Often, you hear of "dropping out of school," which means someone quits going to school before they graduate.
"Turn a deaf ear" is an idiomatic expression meaning to ignore or pay no attention to something.
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.
"As deaf as a post" is an idiomatic phrase that means 'very or extremely deaf'.
"Scratched the surface" is an idiomatic expression meaning to only understand a small part of a much larger or deeper issue or topic. It suggests that there is much more to explore or uncover beyond what has been briefly examined.
The question doesn't really make sense - idioms use words the same as any other phrase does. The words communicate meaning to others. The only difference between an idiom and another phrase is that the idiom has a meaning that is not literal and cannot readily be discerned by context.
"You" is not an idiom. It is a pronoun.
to support
Unrealistic, immature.
She was full of an emotion.
Idiomatic Expressions are sayings that are commonly used but their meanings cannot be determined by the individual words in the saying itself. Below you will find an alphabetical list of idiomatic expressions
Listening with interest.
hatchet.isthebig.lothing.now
It means to get married.
"To be taken in" means to be tricked or fooled.
pick up - idiomatic meaning is to learn something without much effort. I picked up Spanish when I lived in Madrid.
the meaning of the bag of bones is when a person is really thin and he is mallnurish
"Turn a deaf ear" is an idiomatic expression meaning to ignore or pay no attention to something.