35 Examples of Phrases and Their Meanings in Indonesian

The Indonesian nation has a rich variety of grammar, which is not only used in the world of education. Not infrequently we also take advantage of the richness of grammar Indonesia that we have in our daily life. The expression is one part from the rich variety of Indonesian grammar. Other than that, types of romance, types of poetry, and types of contemporary poetry also includes the richness of Indonesian grammar.

An expression is a combination of words that have undergone a unification of meaning but are not interpreted through the meaning of the elements that make up the word combination. Expressions are also known as idioms.

An idiom is a word or phrase that has a figurative meaning, where its use is generally understood as a separate expression from the literal meaning or definition of an idiom. word created/used.

Examples of Expressions and Meanings

Terminologically, another term for expression, namely idiom, comes from Dutch, namely idiom, Latin (idioma: special property) and language Greek (ίδίωμα: special expression).

Here are some examples of expressions and their meanings in Indonesian that are often used in everyday life, namely:

• the red rooster: fire
  • Several hectares of plantation land in the village were completely destroyed the red rooster.
• sleeping flower: dream.
  • Don't think too much about your nightmare last night, just think of it as dream.
• long arms: likes to steal.
  • Children hand length it often becomes ingredient ridicule of local residents.
• Leg length: likes to walk.
  • Si leg length it has crossed the globe to the European continent.
• stubborn: stubborn.
  • I can't believe this, even when you make mistakes you still maintain your good nature stubborn that.
• Shrimp Brain: Stupid.
  • Rini studies day and night without knowing holidays because she doesn't want to be called si dipanggil Pinhead again by his friends.
• right hand: confidant.
  • A personal assistant is almost in the same position as a right hand.
• angry: emotional/angry.
  • People who have bad temperament tend to be easy bloody even if it's a simple matter.
• golden child: favorite child.
  • The youngest child in a family is often considered Golden Boy for his parents.
• mercenary: love or infatuation with money.
  • Who would have thought that his life overseas had turned him into a money-oriented.
• dark eyes: err.
  • The school guard who took the cell phone belonging to a student left in class yesterday admitted to doing so because err not on purpose.
• four eyes: only two people.
  • I want to talk about this matter four eyes with you, so that the misunderstanding between us can be resolved.
• toil: hard work.
  • Daddy is tireless work hard for the smooth cost of education for me and my younger siblings even though they are already more than 50 years old.

• light-hearted: likes to help.
  • Dini is liked by many people not only because of her beautiful face and smart brain, but she is also famous for her character helpful.
• gifts: souvenirs.
  • Mom has prepared a lot souvenir for his friends at the reunion later.
• flirt: glance.
  • He's been caught in the act several times flirting with his secretary.
• humble: not arrogant.
  • The old man is not only friendly with the surrounding residents but he is also humble.
• blue blood: aristocratic descent.
  • Seeing his populist and simple nature, no one would have guessed that he came from a family the noble.
• out of business: bankrupt.
  • Since material raw soaring high, forced our home industry to out of business.
• byword: the subject of conversation.
  • Not only his parents, his brother and sister also became topic in every activity in village that.
• hearsay: information whose source is not clear.
  • According to hearsay that blows, he has become a suspect in the fraud case.
• scapegoat: innocent but blamed.
  • In order to make a profit, he is willing toscapegoathis own brother.
• bersilat tongue: quibble, distort facts.
  • There's no point in arguing with him, he's very clever tongue wrestling.
• bite the finger: disappointed.
  • He had applied for his visa several times, but this time he still had to bite the jari because his visa was refused.
• bookworm: a person who likes to read.
  • It's no surprise that si Bookworm was happy when he was chosen to be the school librarian.
• loan shark: a person who gives a loan at a high interest rate.
  • It's surprising that in a capital city like DKI Jakarta there are still people who borrow money from loan shark.
• hands up: admit defeat or surrender.
  • After being surrounded by the authorities for a long time, he finally Raise your hands too.
• thick-faced: have no shame.
  • Even though his boss has often scolded him for coming late, he still thick face.
• green table: court.
  • Because the land dispute was not resolved either, finally the case was brought to the court green table.

• two-bodied: pregnant or pregnant.
  • In the accident that occurred this morning, one of the survivors was a mother who was two-bodied.
• nonsense: boast, lie.
  • Don't believe what he says. All the words nonsense.
• fighting sheep: making one party to another, at odds.
  • Think with a calm heart, don't let us be sheep fighta just because of trivial things.
• cool head: patient, calm.
  • Believe me, everything you can solve if you think with cool head.
• sour and salt: ups and downs in life or experiences in life.
  • Listen to the words of your parents, there are many salt acid they have gone through and of course they will wish you the best for your future.
• alone: ​​have no relatives.
  • Since last year's natural disaster hit his family, now he's alive alone in this world.

An expression usually consists of a combination of 2 or more words. This word combination will have two possible meanings if there is no accompanying context. Therefore, the context sentence is a very important element that serves as a determinant of whether the combination of words is an expression or not.

Thus our discussion this time about examples of expressions and their meanings in Indonesian. Hopefully this article is useful.