Question

My teacher told us we have an idiom quiz, how should I study for that? Can someone like explain what an idiom is?

Answer 1

An idiom is a figure of speech. It's basically something that's not meant to be taken literally.

For example (and this is an American idiom):

"I could eat a horse!"

See, it doesn't REALLY mean I could eat a horse.
It just means that I'm really hungry!

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Every culture has its own idioms.

In America, you could say, "I could eat a horse," and people would know what you mean.

But if you go to Spain and say, "I could eat a horse," then you sound pretty weird.

So, I get the feeling that there's gotta be some sort of list of Spanish-language idioms that you've been talking about, in class.
Would you know anything about that?

Answer 2

thank you, i understand what it is now. My teacher said I have an idiom quiz, how should I study? Last class she gave us a list of words like you said with the meanings and conjugated.

Answer 3

Oh okay, so you have a list of spanish idioms?

Then it's all a matter of memorizing it, right?

I mean, you could use flashcards, where you write the Spanish idiom on one side,
and on the other side, you write the literal translation and the figurative meaning (in English).