The document discusses the origin and types of idioms in English. It introduces common English idioms like "hit the hay" and explains that idioms can be categorized as either phrasal verbs, which combine verbs and adverbs, or partial idioms. The document also notes that idioms relate to the broader issue of word formation, where more complex terms can be derived from simpler ones, and gives "public house" meaning "inn" as an example.

1. INTRODUCTION
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2. The Origin of Idioms

3. EXAMPLE :
★ I think it's time to
‘Hit The Hay’.
★ ‘To Be All Ears’.
★ ‘A Leg Up On
Something’.
★ ‘Sick as a Dog’.
★ ‘Butterflies in
My Stomach’.

4. ❖ A very common type of idiom in english is the
phrasal verb which is the combination of verb
and adverb of the kind make up, give in put
down .
❖ There are two types of IDIOMS.
1) Phrasal Verb
2) Partial Idioms

5. The problem of idiom is involved
with the much wider issue of word
formation by which what would
appear to be new and more complex
lexemes can be formed from simpler
ones.
For examples at one extreme we
have expression such as public house
means inn.

7. Presented By :
1. 15Z51R0090, 15Z51R0091.