What type of figurative language is 'spill the beans'?
Soal
What type of figurative language is 'spill the beans'?
- A. A simile because it compares secrets to beans
- B. A metaphor because it directly calls secrets beans
- C. A proverb because it gives advice
- D. An idiom because its meaning is not literal
Jawaban
D. An idiom because its meaning is not literal
Pembahasan
'Spill the beans' is an idiom meaning to reveal a secret. It is not a simile or metaphor because it has a fixed figurative meaning.
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