Summary
Idiomatic expressions are an essential component of everyday language use and the hallmark of native language ability. Consider the phrase throw away; proficient speakers can effortlessly understand that the phrase takes a figurative meaning in “Britain threw away all the achievements of the last decade.” and a literal sense in “He threw away his cigarette and buried his head in his arms.” This EArly Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) will build a high-quality dataset for computers to understand the differences between figurative and literal senses of these expressions in general English t
