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Idioms

matty6

I don't understand the idiom struggle at all.

When an article says that people with ASD struggle with idioms, what does this mean exactly? (the struggle, I know what an idiom is)

There's plenty of YouTubes where people talk about the amusing time they failed to understand a particular saying and how typical this is of autism.

So are they actually saying that when anyone uses that particular phrase again, they still cannot comprehend what's going on even though they have already learned what it means ?

Can someone explain this to someone that only recently discovered that Romans came from Italy ;)

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  • My problem with idioms is that the meaning has no connection to the actual words being used.  To some people they are in common use and they expect others to just know them.  I don't!  I need to look up the meaning in a book or the internet.  And there are just so many.

    Since I am a social recluse who doesn't mix and talk to many people, I just don't understand the idioms.

    A recent example is being called 'A cat's mother.'

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  • My problem with idioms is that the meaning has no connection to the actual words being used.  To some people they are in common use and they expect others to just know them.  I don't!  I need to look up the meaning in a book or the internet.  And there are just so many.

    Since I am a social recluse who doesn't mix and talk to many people, I just don't understand the idioms.

    A recent example is being called 'A cat's mother.'

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