Fixed expression

Y uno de las más frecuentes embarazo mexico y africano A fixed expression is a standard form of expression that has taken on a more specific meaning than the expression itself. It is different from a proverb in that it is used as a part of a sentence, and is the standard way of expressing a concept or idea.

Examples include:

• all of a sudden
• come into mind
• fall in line
• I can assure you
• so to speak
• surf the web
• Siamese twins or irreversible binomials like mix and match, wear and tear, and rock and roll
• trinomials (3-word fixed expressions); e.g. lights, camera, action; signed, sealed, and delivered; and lock, stock, and barrel.

See also

• Idiom
• Phrase
• Set phrase