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Definition of Idiom
An idiom is a phrase that conveys a figurative meaning that is difficult or impossible to understand based solely on a literal interpretation of the words in the phrase. For... read full definition
An idiom is a phrase that conveys a figurative meaning that is difficult or impossible to understand based solely on a literal interpretation of the... read full definition
An idiom is a phrase that conveys a figurative meaning that is difficult or impossible to understand based solely on... read full definition
Chapter 3
Explanation and Analysis—Cyrus in the Military:
In Chapter 3, Steinbeck provides the reader with some of Cyrus Trask's backstory. The following excerpt includes an important idiom that shapes readers' understanding of Cyrus as a character:
Cyrus Trask did have his five minutes of horror while they cut the shreds away and sawed the bone off square and burned the open flesh.
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