Spanish Idioms

An idiom is a word or expression whose meaning cannot be completely understood solely from the words used. Attempting to translate an idiomatic expression word for word will result in confusion. For example:

a ciencia cierta
a literal translation would yield
"to science correct"
which has no meaning at all.

The correct translation is
"with complete certainty"

Another example is provided below:

a fondo 

a literal translation would yield
"to depth"
which has no meaning at all.

The correct translation is
"thoroughly"

Idiomatic expressions must be learned gradually with use.