Examples of Idiom Errors Out of Context

Examples of idioms taken out of context are as follows:

1. go to court: to be tried and questioned in a government court, and then refer to confrontation or going to court. It cannot be used to describe "public debate" or "checking data and accounts".

2. Clap your hands and cheer: Clap your hands and cheer, indicating the elimination of hatred. Can't be directly used in those cheerful scenes.

3. Once upon a time: it means that time is not long. It can't be understood as "a long time ago".

4. in the long run: it's always like this. Mostly used in bad situations.

I have a lingering fear: although the dangerous thing has passed, I still feel scared in retrospect. Only used for things that happened in the past. You can't use this language whenever you express your fear.

6. Hot: It feels very hot to the touch, which means powerful and arrogant, making people afraid to approach. If it is used for people rather than things, it cannot be understood as "hot" or "selling goods".

7. Empty streets: describe grand occasions such as celebration and welcome. All lanes are empty.

8. Meet unexpectedly: a metaphor for people who have never met. You can't use this language as soon as you meet.

9. Can't hold a hair: There is no room for a hair between two things, and the distance between things is extremely small. It is also described as being very close to disaster and the situation is extremely critical. This has nothing to do with intimacy.

10. Tomorrow's yellow flower: It originally refers to chrysanthemums that gradually wither after the Double Ninth Festival, and later refers to things that lose news value or timely function. Not something from the future.