Using short words like "lick, flick" that convey quick actions and convey speed in some way, increase the pace or speed of the poem.
Whereas words that linger longer, for example "oozing" and often alliterations slow down the pace of the poem
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it can mean speed as in "keep the same pace"
Pace is not an idiom. Click on the related questions to find out more about pace.
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
Pest is not an idiom. It's a word.
The idiom "apple shiner" means the teacher's pet.
The meaning of the idiom in the pink of health means being in good health.
The idiom means impress someone is egg on
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
Pest is not an idiom. It's a word.
A snails pace is an idiom, a snail moves very slowly, so a snails pace means to move very slowly, e.g. The work is progressing at a snails pace, we may not finish on time.
The idiom "apple shiner" means the teacher's pet.
The meaning of the idiom in the pink of health means being in good health.
It's not an idiom - to cope means to deal with, or to handle
The idiom means impress someone is egg on
"Old hand" is an idiom meaning having lots of experience.
It is not an idiom. It is an expression. The difference is that an idiom's meaning cannot be derived from the meaning of its individual words. In the expression wolfing down food, the meaning is clearly derived from the meaning of the words, and people have been saying it for hundreds of years.
No. This is not an idiom. An idiom is a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words. So it is not easy to know the meaning of an idiom. For example 'Let the cat out of the bag' is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake. The meaning has nothing to do with cats or bags. "Treat others like you would want them to treat you" is a saying,
The word pace can be interpreted in many different ways. An eight letter word meaning pace is swiftness. This is a rapid pace.
Teasing you .