It is an Americanism from the 1940's meaning 'to gossip' or 'pass the time away with idle chat'
engaging in small talk - this means just chatting or talking about unimportant things.
It means to have a casual conversation.
It means having a casual conversation with another person.
"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.
I've never heard this before. I think you might have misheard "shoot the breeze," which means to chat or talk informally.
Shooting the breeze means to talk about all sorts of things. Just general chit chat about the weather and unimportant things.
It means having a casual conversation with another person.
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
Shoot the breeze Chew the fat
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.
Troubleshooter isn't an idiom because it's not a phrase. It's SLANG meaning someone who looks for trouble and fixes it. Think of someone with a gun trying to shoot and destroy spots of trouble and you'll see the meaning.
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.