☆☆☆ ENGLISH IDIOMS IN USE ☆☆☆ Every language has its own collection of wise sayings. They offer advice about how to live and also transfer some underlying ideas, principles and values of a given culture / society. These sayings are called "idioms" - or proverbs if they are longer. These combinations of words have (rarely complete sentences) a "figurative meaning" meaning, they basically work with "pictures". Learning to use common idioms and expressions will make your English sound more native