So, let's explore some common idioms and phrases and take a look at the meanings and origins behind them. Read on to learn what an idiom is. You'll also learn a number of common idioms in the English language. Gülfer ERGİN | Unsplash Loophole As an idiom, a loophole is defined ...
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(1) In poking fun at modern corporate culture's over-inflated sense of self-importance, the strip is making a larger point about the way in which bureaucratic culture fosters official meanings that nobody actually cares much about. More broadly, we can observe that "proprietary" or classified...