Idioms are fun expressions that we use everyday. When we make an idiom, we take a familiar part of our daily speech and use it in a silly, awkward or odd way. For example, a common idiom where I grew up is to "my ears are burning." We're all familiar with our ears, we know what they are for, we know what they do, we know how they look and we know where they are placed on the human body. However, it wouldn't be a particularly good thing if our ears were actually on fire.
So what does this idiom really mean. It means that our ears are alert, attentive and attuned to receive some important news. We are so excited inside and so hunger to hear the news that we say, "my ears are burning." It sounds pretty simple, logical and sill all at the same time; that's the beauty of an idiom.
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