✅ “Idioms” refers to idiomatic expressions, which are sentences that have different meanings than the literal meaning.

"To think outside the box" is an idiom that means to think creatively, and it is a common in business.

Example:

- This problem requires us to think out of the box.

Learning idioms increases your knowledge of English and helps you to gain confidence.

You can learn more idioms in these blog posts:

Common American Idioms: Animal Edition

https://www.limlessons.com/en/blog_post/common-american-idioms-animal-edition

Common Idioms in English about Music

https://www.limlessons.com/en/blog_post/common-idioms-in-english-about-music

✅ “Idioma” means language in Portuguese and Spanish - so it may be used by mistake in place of the word language.

Examples:

➡ Portuguese 

Tem uma escola de idiomas perto da minha casa.

(There is a language school near my house.)

➡ Spanish

Hay una escuela de idiomas cerca de mi casa.

(There is a language school near my house.)

Interesting fact: In Portuguese, a cognate for "language" is the word "língua" - which is also the word for “tongue”.

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