Her dilde kelimenin tam anlamıyla tercüme edilemeyen, sözler, ifadeler, deyimler ve atasözleri vardır.
- There are sayings, phrases, idioms and proverbs in every language which can not be translated literally.
İngilizce deyimsel bir dildir.
- English is an idiomatic language.
You’re history, we say . Surely it is an American idiom. Impossible to imagine a postwar European saying, “You’re history. . . . That’s history,” meaning fuhgeddaboudit, pal.