Question

Saying your house is "neat as a pin," or that running a marathon is "a piece of cake" are examples of A. negatives. B. colloquialisms. C. positives. D. idioms.

Answer 1

Saying that your house is neat as a pin is an idiom kinda like the idiom a dime a dozen (this means something is super cheap) an idiom is a speech rule that almost every culture in the world has.

Answer 2

Best guess would be D. Idioms.

Because looking at the definition of idioms. It says that Idioms existing in every language is a word or phrase NOT taken literally.
So when someone says your house is "neat as a pin" There using an idiom to compliment you on your house. And with the phrase "a piece of cake" they use an idiom to say it's "easy".



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