Leave everything as it was

[nimsooze]

Is "leave everything as it was" an idiom?
"...the idea ...would cancel all the way through and Leave everything as it was."

[Anglika]

It is idiomatic, but not an idiom in itself.

[nimsooze]

What is the differnce between being an idiom and idiomatic?arter all , what does it mean ?

[Shakespeare's brother]

There's a good link in the Language Reference section that takes you to an alpha betical listing of 'idioms' per se. To be idiomatic, I think, implies that you are using a formulaic expression (one that you may have heard before: in this case 'leave everything as it was').

[nimsooze]

After all , what does it mean ?

[Shakespeare's brother]

Things would be left as they were, untouched.