diff --git a/translate/figs-idiom/01.md b/translate/figs-idiom/01.md index ad2c279..1485dac 100644 --- a/translate/figs-idiom/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-idiom/01.md @@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ An idiom is created in a culture when someone describes something in an unusual ### Examples from the Bible +> ... he ... threw himself into the sea. (John 21:7) + +The idiom "threw himself" means that he quickly jumped and went down. He may have dived into the water. + +> robbers, who ... beat him, and left him half dead. (Luke 10:30) + +The idiom "half dead" means that he was injured so badly that it appeared that he might die soon. + >Then all Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your flesh and bone." (1 Chronicles 11:1 ULB) The idiom "flesh and bone" means "relatives."