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What are the literal and figurative meaning of the following Idioms...
1. Hit the Hay.
2. It's raining cats and dogs.
3. Break a leg.
4. Kill two birds with one stone.
5. Easy does it.
6. Hang in there.
7. Red handed.
8. The elephant in the room.

(PLS I LOST MY MEMORY)


Sagot :

I'm not sure about what you mean by literal, so I just put the literal meaning

1) Literal: To literally hit a stack of hay, Figurative: Go to bed

2) Literal: Cats and dogs are raining from the sky, Figurative: Heavy rain

3) Literal: Break your leg bones, Figurative: Good luck, to an actor

4) Literal: To kill one bird with a stone, and kill another of luck, Figurative: To achieve two things with a single action

5) Literal: Easy can do it, Figurative: Move slowly, and carefully

6) Literal: Keep hanging in there, Figurative: Keep trying, not to give up

7) Literal: Your hand is red, Figurative: Caught doing something wrong or illegal

8) Literal: There's a literal elephant in the room, Figurative: A hard situation in a room that people don't want to talk about

Answer:

1. sleep, and so tired. 2. raining hard 3. do a good job 4. 2 things at once 5. dont know lol 6. keep going 7.caught 8. the awkwardness

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