Communication Idioms

Here is a handy list of some of the most commonly used Communication Idioms:

1. Blow out of proportion
This means to overly exaggerate the importance of something.

2. Drop a line.
To write a short letter / email to someone.

3. Hear through the grapevine.
to hear news from someone who heard that news from someone else

4. Keep someone posted.
 to keep someone informed (of what is happening); to keep someone up to date

5. Get to the point.
arrive at an explanation of the purpose of something.

 



6. Spread like wildfire.

to spread rapidly

 

7. Touch Bases

to talk to someone in order to find out how they are or what they think about something