Multicultural Business Communication in English

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An idiom, "special property", f. Greekἰδίωμα – idiōma, "special feature, special phrasing", f.ἴδιος – idios', "one’s own" is a combination of words that has a figurative meaning, due to its common usage. An idiom's figurative meaning is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made.