Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar: Idioms 1 key example

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Definition of Idiom

An idiom is a phrase that conveys a figurative meaning that is difficult or impossible to understand based solely on a literal interpretation of the words in the phrase. For... read full definition
An idiom is a phrase that conveys a figurative meaning that is difficult or impossible to understand based solely on a literal interpretation of the... read full definition
An idiom is a phrase that conveys a figurative meaning that is difficult or impossible to understand based solely on... read full definition
Act 2, scene 1
Explanation and Analysis—An Adder a Day...:

In Act 2, Scene 1, as Brutus delivers his soliloquy and shares his plans to kill Caesar with the audience, he uses an idiom to describe his predicament: 

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder,
And that craves wary walking.