A:Are there many idioms in English?
B:There are hundreds and hundreds.English is particularly rich in idiomatic expressions.
A:Can you give us an example?
B:I'll look up the rate.To look up doesn't mean to look high into the sky or to look at the roof.It means to search for and find some information.
A:What about the expression goodbye?Is that an idiom?
B:That is just a natural,grammatical English expression.It has a direct translation in other languages.
A:This is interesting,Ms.Parker.