"By word of mouth" means that news, information, or gossip is being spread not by print but by people speaking to each other.
Pest is not an idiom. It's a word.
That is not an idiom. When you see the word LIKE, you're looking at a simile.
surprise, idea, shock
A 'potty mouth' is someone who uses profanity, or 'nasty' language. The 'potty' is slang for a toilet, so essentially you are calling someone 'toilet mouth', for their nasty language.
"Word for word" means copied exactly. If you repeat something word for word, you repeat everything perfectly.
Pest is not an idiom. It's a word.
An idiom is a phrase that seems to be nonsense unless you know the definition. The word band's is the possessive of the word band, meaning "belonging to the band." It is a word, not an idiom.
No, the word "feeling" is not an idiom. It is a noun that refers to an emotional state or perception of a situation.
No, an idiom is not a slang word. An idiom is a commonly used expression with a figurative meaning that is different from its literal meaning. Slang, on the other hand, refers to informal words and phrases that are specific to a particular group or generation.
In one word: dead.
information (usually gossip) that is passed from person to person by word of mouth. The analogy is like the leaves of a grape vine touching each other.
No, a synonym is a word that means the same as another word. An idiom is a phrase that does not have a literal meaning. Ex, mountains out of mole hills.
No, a riddle is a word puzzle. An idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be discovered by context.
That is not an idiom. When you see the word LIKE, you're looking at a simile.
It's not an idiom, it's a description. Go look in a mirror and close your mouth and you'll see what it means. It's someone who isn't talking.
The idiom "my heart was in my mouth" means feeling extremely anxious or nervous to the point where it feels like your heart is pounding heavily in your chest.
An "Arabism" is an idiom, a word or phrase having a particular meaning or inference in Arabic.