By English For Today (August 29, 2018) By Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Dear Nigerians, idioms are fixed expressions
Birds of a feather flock together (not, bed of the same feather fly together).
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t (not, the devil you know is better than the angel you don’t know).
You can’t have your cake and eat it (not, you can’t eat your cake and have it).
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander (not, what is good for the goose is good for the gander).
Make hay while the sun shines (not, make haste while the sun shines).
Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose
Academic Advisor, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan;
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Doctoral Student of English, University of Ibadan.
