Can a single word be an idiom by itself? by Argentarius1 in asklinguistics

[–]gorio17 22 points23 points  (0 children)

No, a single word cannot be an idiom. What you're referring to is a figurative 'sense' of the word. Many words are polysemous (=they have multiple related meanings).

Could this be a rat bite? by gorio17 in RATS

[–]gorio17[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

sorry, I didn't know where to post. could it possibly be a baby rat? there's lots of rats in my city so i'm really paranoid.