The document defines an idiom as an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its individual elements and does not follow standard grammatical rules. It then provides examples of common English idioms, including their meanings, such as "kick the bucket" meaning to die, "beat around the bush" meaning to avoid a direct answer, and "chicken" meaning cowardly. In total, 14 common English idioms and their meanings are listed.

1. Idiom is an expression whose meaning
is not predictable from the usual
meanings of its elements, such as, kick
the bucket or to step in one’s shoes, or
from the general grammatical rules of a
language and that is not constituent of a
larger expression of like characteristic.

2. • as easy as pie: very easy
• be fed up with (with someone or something):
be out of patience or be very tired of.
• beat around the bush: evade an issue or avoid
giving a direct answer.
• burn the midnight oil: study or work all night or
until very late at night.
• catch one's eye: attract one's attention or interest.
• couch potato: someone who spends too much
time watching TV.

3. • chicken (adjective or noun): cowardly.
• do a bang-up job: do a very good job or do very
well at something.
• for ages: for a very long time.
• go with the flow: take things as they come.
• over the moon : very happy
• the rat race : very busy and competitive type of
life in the modern society
• out of the woods : no longer in a dangerous or
difficult situation