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There's a guy in town who walks around talking to himself using only figurative language.

We call him the Village Idiom.

I know a burglar who doesn't understand figurative language

He takes things literally

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Idioms

An English teacher is explaining idioms to her class and how figurative language won’t make any sense in another language. She states, “for example, if you go to Japan and tell someone they hit the ball out of the park, that person will have no idea what you’re talking about.”

One student imm...

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