Squirrels hide nuts away to save them for the winter. If you squirrel something away, you hide it for a later time when you may need it.
Two. Squirr - eled.
I do believe you heard the idiom wrong. It's "apple of one's eyes." See the link below for the meaning.
This is not an idiom. It means just what it says. Temper: the personality and state of mind Genius: a person much more intelligent than the average
Yes, it is an adverbial phrase. The phrase "after all" is an idiom meaning "nevertheless."
Yes. A method of finding the number of syllables is putting your hand a centimeter away from your chin and saying the word out loud. The number of times your chin touches your hand is usually the number of syllables in that particular word.
Squirreled.
"Take you out in a box" is an idiom for "murder" in that you will be carried away in a coffin.
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"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
"Bore away" is the past tense form of "bear away." To bear away means to "carry away" (the verb "to bear" meaning "to have" or "to carry"). It refers to removing something or someone from a particular situation.
There is no literal idiom -- an idiom is a phrase that seems to mean one thing but actually means something else. The word "literal" means to take the words exactly as they seem to be.An idiom is a phrase particular to a language that is accepted for its figurative meaning, as in "That amazing shot blew me away." Everyone understands that this person means he was amazed. A literal idiom would be the usually humorous thing that happens when you take the idiom for its word for word, not accepted, meaning. That would mean that somehow the amazing shot actually created the air mass necessary to blow this guy away.
Can you figure out the meaning literally? Then it's not an idiom. The person is saying that they didn't want to use force to move someone away from something.
Yes, because the longest 1 syllable word is screeched and squirreled is longer.
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