[Grammar] phrase, clause, idiom

[kite]

Dear teachers,
Could you please give me each example for those three words in the title? I have found their meanings but to ensure, I would love to have examples also.

Thanks.

 

[Rover_KE]

If you know their meanings, try to write your own examples.

 

[kite]

I actually asked for examples to have a better understanding because I still cannot identify what is pharse and what is idiom so well. Since you said, I am trying. "on the table, according to that, as soon as possible" are all phrases, am I right?
"he was late but not much" here "he was late" is the clause, right? "a peice of cake" is idiom. Is my understanding okay?

Thanks.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I actually asked for examples to have a better understanding because I still cannot identify what is pharse and what is idiom so well. Since you said, I am trying. "on the table, according to that, as soon as possible" are all phrases, am I right?
"he was late but not much" here "he was late" is the clause, right? "a peice of cake" is idiom. Is my understanding okay?

Thanks.

Yes. Very good. A "phrase" is any string of words that is not a sentence or a clause. A clause is a string of words that has the elements of a sentence but is part of a larger sentence. An idiom is any expression that has a meaning that is different from the meaning that the individual words would convey. If you ask for a "piece of cake", it has a literal meaning -- not an idiom. If you say that your recent tennis match was a "piece of cake", it means it was easy to win -- an idiom.