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The answer to your question is idiom.

An idiom
cannot be taken literally and must be understood as a whole .

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An Idiom cannot be taken literally and must be understood as a whole.

What is Idiom?

Idiom refers to the expression or the group of the words which has the different meaning when seen conceptually. For example-: Rain cats and Dogs is an idiom which means that there is a heavy rainfall.

Idioms cannot be taken literally because if it is taken literally that will not make a sense for example when you say you are feeling under the weather the you don't literally mean that you are standing under the clouds or the rain.

The idiom Under the Weather means that the person is ill or sick. That's why it is said that idiom must be understood as whole. It is used to add humor in the writing.

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