Question

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?
A. Her face was like the moon at midnight.
B. Her mother told her to zip her lip.
C. Her mitt flew up to catch the ball as it zoomed over her head.
D. Her mood changed as quickly as the second hand on her father's watch.

Answer 1

Do you know what an idiom is?

Answer 2

Not really

Answer 3

Merriam Webster defines it as: "an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own"

Answer 4

An example of this is: It's raining cats and dogs.

The meaning behind it, is that it's raining really hard.

Answer 5

So it is something that is not taken literally.

Answer 6

You could put it that way, yes

Answer 7

I think the answer would be B then

Answer 8

That's the one that I was thinking as well :)