Colloquial, conversational, informal refer to types of speech or to usages not on a formal level. Colloquial is often mistakenly used with a connotation of disapproval, as if it meant “vulgar” or “bad” or “incorrect” usage, whereas it is merely a familiar style used in speaking and writing.

English Language Learners Definition of colloquialism : a word or phrase that is used mostly in informal speech : a colloquial expression.

An idiom is a phrase that holds a certain meaning with only a specific group of people. A colloquialism is a word or phrase which is considered informal. Colloquialism includes slang and short forms. If a phrase does not make literal sense in the context – it is an idiom.

Idioms exist in every language. They are words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally. For example, if you say someone has “cold feet,” it doesn’t mean their toes are actually cold. Rather, it means they’re nervous about something.

“Cats and dogs” may be a perversion of the now obsolete word catadupe. A false theory stated that cats and dogs used to cuddle into thatch roofs during storms and then be washed out during heavy rains.

In old English, this meant a cataract or waterfall. Versions of this word existed in many ancient languages, like the Ancient Greek κατάδουποι, referring to a cataract of the River Nile. So when we say it’s raining cats and dogs, we might be suggesting that it is raining waterfalls.

on and off

1. at intervals.
2. at times.
3. discontinuously.
4. every now and then.
5. every once in a while.
6. every so often.
7. from time to time.
8. hardly.

“A flying pig isn’t something that actually exists in the real world,” Bergen says. Yet when we read those words we see one in our mind’s eye. Most people see a pig with wings above its shoulders, Bergen says. But some people imagine a pig with a cape, flying like Superman.

Kevin O’Farrell has successfully combined the DNA of a pig and an eagle to create a flying pig, or a “peagle,” as O’Farrell has dubbed the new critter. O’Farrell was jubilant as “the little porker, Molly, began flapping her wings and straight away flew out of the laboratory, down the hallway and out the front door!”

Now let’s look at why humans can’t grow wings. All living things, including vertebrates, have genes. So one main reason humans can’t grow wings is because our genes only let us grow arms and legs.

Absolutely you can. Guys doing base jumps in wingsuits are possibly the closest thing to Superman flight. Here is a guy that flies like Superman and lands without a parachute.

First of all, they wouldn’t be able to carry just anyone. With the largest pterosaurs weighing an estimated 180 – 250 kg (400-550 lbs), they could probably only comfortably lift and carry smaller people.

Quetzalcoatlus fossils indicate some of them had wingspans as wide as 52 feet (15.9 meters). Unlike pteranodons, a quetzalcoatlus would certainly be large enough to eat a human if it was so inclined. Quetzalcoatlus are believed to have eaten more than just fish.

“They would smash all the way through the bones and crush them. You’d be dying from massive shock pretty quickly.” Your ordeal still wouldn’t be over, however. An adult human would be too big for the dinosaur to swallow whole, so chances are reasonable that you might be ripped into two more-manageable morsels.

Quetzalcoatlus, Hatzegopterus, and Arambourgiania (the only three pterosaurs big enough to ride that are currently known) were all eight feet tall at the shoulder. Much too big for a flight attendant to just reach up and unstrap you. So, basically, no. That is not feasible.

Furthermore, pterosaur legs are weakly muscled, with most of their musculature occurring in the wings. Pterosaurs, however, are depicted picking up children or full grown humans. As it’s typically Pteranodon being represented this way, we’ll look at them.

Based on comparisons with other pterosaurs, Buffetaut and colleagues (who initially described the specimens) estimated that the skull of Hatzegopteryx was probably almost 3 m (9.8 ft) in length, which would have made it larger than that of the largest Quetzalcoatlus species and among the largest skulls of any known non …

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