ABSTRACT
The presentation on which this chapter is based addressed the audience that gathered for a conference on idioms (whatever those are); because of this, I should probably have concentrated on idioms. However, I do not; instead, I discuss the larger set of NON-FREE PHRASES, of which idioms are only a small subset. Therefore, so that no one among my readers is ┌pissed off┐; at me, ┌flies off the handle┐, or ┌blows his/her top┐ and ┌comes at me hammer and tongs┐/┌tooth and nail┐—forcing me to ┌kick the (*famous) bucket┐, let me, ┌first of all┐, explain my ways. Please ┌take it easy┐; I will try to dispel your doubts by ┌seizing the bull by the horns┐. (As everyone has of course guessed, I use the symbols ┌and┐ to enclose idioms.)
