Which of the following is a fixed, often colorful expression whose meaning is not tied to the meaning of its individual words?

Read the excerpt from "amigo brothers.” felix and antonio turned and faced each other squarely in a fighting pose. felix wasted no time. he came in fast, head low, half hunched toward his right shoulder, and lashed out with a straight left. he missed a right cross as antonio slipped the punch and crossed and countered with one-two-three lefts that snapped felix’s head back, sending a mild shock coursing through him. if felix had any small doubt about their friendship affecting their fight, it was being neatly dispelled.

Read the passage from "the lady, or the tiger.” as the youth advanced into the arena he turned, as the custom was, to bow to the king, but he did not think at all of that royal personage. his eyes were fixed upon the princess, who sat to the right of her father. had it not been for the moiety of barbarism in her nature it is probable that lady would not have been there. . the author builds suspense in the passage by

Describe how chinese and america culture, culture values an historical context contribute to the conflicts between the mother and the narrator in "two kinds"