The idiom "feeling down in the mouth" means feeling sad or unhappy. It refers to someone looking sorrowful or melancholic, with their mouth turned downwards indicating their emotional state.
The idiom "have the final word" means to have the ultimate decision or authority on a matter, allowing someone to make the last and conclusive statement or judgment.
No, the phrase "He who laughs last" is part of an idiom (a saying).The complete idiom is "He who laughs last laughs best."A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.The pronoun in the given sentence is he.In the context of the sentence, the pronoun 'he' is taking the place of the noun 'person'. "A person who laughs last laughs best."
An idiom can also be called a figure of speech or a saying.
The best way to find out the meaning of an idiom is to look it up in a reputable dictionary or idiom database. You can also search online for the idiom along with the word “meaning” to find explanations and examples of its usage. Additionally, asking a native speaker or language teacher for clarification can help you understand the idiom better.
It simply means until the last possible moment.
It means that something has been left until the last possible moment.
The idiom down to the wire means to the very last possible moment. Therefore, the entire phrase would stand to mean that "it went to the very last split second and we almost missed your flight, but made it."
A smile that could break your heart......
simile
It's not really an idiom because you can figure out what it means. If something is done at the last minute, you have waited until it is almost too late to do it.
To do work and focus
"Under the wire" means shortly before the deadline, e.g., "I caught the train just under the wire," or "I reached the destination of the interview just under the wire." It means "barely" or "scarcely."
It is not an idiom. It is an expression. The difference is that an idiom's meaning cannot be derived from the meaning of its individual words. In the expression wolfing down food, the meaning is clearly derived from the meaning of the words, and people have been saying it for hundreds of years.
Distill down, or boil down, as an idiom, means to get to the essence of something, or to simplify it.
Down the Wire was created in 2009.
I'd say that's more of a true statement rather than an idiom. Prices never DO come down - they always go up.