>as blind as a bat
>as hard as nails
>as wise as an owl?
Adverb
A descriptive phrase is added information to the subject, object,... E.g.: The girl (= subject) + who thought she was beautiful (= descriptive phrase) + verb
bankrupt
descriptive is more literal than figuative.
It is finnish phrase for 'F*ck you'
The phrase "light out for" means to start to go there.
A descriptive phrase is added information to the subject, object,... E.g.: The girl (= subject) + who thought she was beautiful (= descriptive phrase) + verb
set
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was a descriptive phrase for onions. They're round like eggs and they stink.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is a descriptive phrase referring to wooing. Sparrow catching was looking for a girl to go out with you.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was a descriptive phrase to refer to grabbing the saddle horn. No cowboy wanted to have to squeeze the biscuit.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is a descriptive phrase for tossing a penny. Cowboys didn't usually have a quarter to toss "heads or tails."
Phrases that describe. Example (not descriptive): a girl Example (descriptive): a girl with her hair tied up in a precise bun
wew?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is a descriptive term for spurs. Spurs were usually made of steel.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is a descriptive phrase meaning a pot belly. The image is of someone who has "exercised" their belly by sitting at the table eating.
An idiom cannot be deciphered by context, and an ordinary phrase can.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is a descriptive term for a tobacco pipe. The cowboy is comparing the smoke to steam.