IDIOMS

An idiom is something that is hard to understand if you do not belong to the country where you are.

If you pay attention to Costa Rica people we say some phrases foreign people won´t understand so fast and easy as another people who leave here. Nobody knows the origin of these sentences but, for some reason they are very used.

And there even some idioms more popular that we can easily catch when we are watching a movie or talking to somebody else. For example: Between a Sword and a Wall.

The best way to learn new vocabulary and idioms is watching TV and listening to music. Movies are perfect to pay attention and enjoy at the same time, you will be surprised how many idioms you already know and how many you will learn if you practice. Here is a video where you can see I am talking about:

 IDIOMS -> Link

And there is also a link you can check to see a list of the most used idioms at the moment:

http://www.idiomsite.com/