习语可以是一个词或短语，要理解习语的意思不能脱离其文化背景。习语一词的含义甚广，其蕴含的意义往往不能从词或词组的字面意思推测而得。习语在所有语言中都很常见。英语习语是日常英语的重要组成部分。在英语的书面语和口语中，存在海量的习语。
儒琴今日习语（Idiom of the Day）
corner the market
英语解释
To sell or produce something so successfully as to overshadow all others in the same field；to buy most of a particular item or stock so that one can control its price.
中文解释
垄断市场，控制市场
原文举例
Analysts from Wall Street to Hong Kong debated whether a jury’s decision that Samsung Electronics Co. ripped off Apple technology would help Apple corner the U.S. smartphone market over Android rivals, or amount to one more step in a protracted legal battle over smartphone technology. (ctvnews.ca , Aug. 25, 2011.)
从华尔街到香港的分析人士都在讨论，陪审团认定三星电子剽窃了苹果的技术，这一决定是否会帮助苹果垄断美国智能手机市场，战胜安卓系统的竞争对手，还是意味着围绕智能手机技术的旷日持久的法律大战又向前迈进了一步。
