Contractions: Words such as “ain’t” and “gonna” are examples of colloquialism, as they are not used widely throughout English-speaking populations.
Vulgarity: Some words are considered profane in some dialects of English where they are not at all bad in other dialects. A good example is the word “bloody” which is a simple adjective in American English, but is a curse word in British English.
Phrases:
Old as the hills
Penny-pincher
She’ll be right (Australian English, meaning everything will be all right)
Pass the buck
Eat my dust
Aphorisms:
I wasn’t born yesterday.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
Put your money where your mouth is.
You’re driving me up the wall.
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