They mean that your expectations may be unrealistic or unlikely. They are telling you not to hold your breath, but to move on happily.
I'm not familiar with the idiom "straighten banana." It might be a regional or less common expression
It says, "Let your smile protect you from things that would otherwise ruin your day." If you had no umbrella and it was rainy, it might mess up your day. But if you do, it hardly affects you. Same thing goes for a smile.
VERY INFREQUENTLY. A Blue Moon is said to occur , when two full Moons occur in one calendar month. On say dates 1st of the month and 28th of the same month.
Words in an idiom don't have their usual meaning.
Yes, there are websites and resources available online that provide meanings and explanations for idioms, such as TheFreeDictionary.com, IdiomsOnline.com, and Dictionary.com. These websites can help you understand the meaning behind various idiomatic expressions.
This is not an idiom. A herd is a group of certain animals, like sheep and cows. This phrase just means a group of sheep. You might have heard someone comparing people to a herd of sheep. That is not an idiom, but a simile saying that some people act like sheep.
That is not an idiom. It means exactly what it says, that someone was roused to eternal wakefulness. You might need a dictionary instead.
It might mean exactly that, but it usually means verbally - you tear their arguments to pieces instead of tearing their body up.
One needs to have a good grasp of the original & translated languages in order to effectively use an idiom. In the correct sense when we translate, we are deriving the meaning of a word that implies the same thing in the second language. Unless one understands the 'big picture' ie the meaning of the idiom as a whole and not word by word, a poor substitue will thus be rendered and the meaning gets lost.. whew.. cheers!
Geek, nerd, brainiacThose are slang terms, not idioms. A bright student might be on the ball, or the brains behind something. He might have put on his thinking cap before class, too.
What is the Meaning of Life?Wow this is the second biggest question that I can think of, and I believe I might know the answer to this.I believe it is getting someone to smile and or laugh. Then maybe someone within hearing range will smile or laugh and then I can smile and laugh last, because not enough people smile and/or laugh anymore. People take life too serious and want to control others around them. Instead of taking life at what it is a great gift.
This is not a common idiom that I am familiar with. It might mean that the person was cursing, because in the comics, curse words are often represented by stars or nonsense symbols such as "@#!!"