Idioms in the Bible Explained Author:George M Lamsa A Key to the Holy Scriptures - by George M. Lamsa, translator of the Holy Bible from Aramaic. — An idiom is a saying foreigners cannot understand without being trained and often taken literally, hence misunderstood. Example: in Aramaic we may say "if you hands offends you cut it off"... which means "if you have a habit of stealing, cut it out". A... more »n English idiom "He is in a pickle" means "He is in trouble".« less