Sel Appan idioms

An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words denotations would suggest; that is, the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words. By another definition, an idiom is a speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements. Furthermore, they would understand when each meaning is being used in context.

Notable idioms

Sel Appa has numerous unique idioms. Some are listed below.

Idiom	Definition	Origin
chasing a dead pheasant	a futile exercise that accomplishes little or nothing	a common pre-modern prank
throw a rock in the bush	to disrupt something unexpectedly
throwing X for a bone	leading someone on