Idioms

#1. Dead as a doornail.

Literal- this means the person is dead and since a doornail is not living it means they're that dead.

Inferential- this mean is a person who is dead with no chance of recovery. When door nails we used construction, and attorney down,the nails could not be retrieved and were considered "dead".

Critical- once your dead you can never come back.

#2. Crocodile tears

Literal- it literally means the tears of a crocodile.

Inferential- since the tears of crocodiles was not out of pain, but rather to get what they wanted and help them to eat. In real life it means fake tears to manipulate the true meaning and get what you want, faking that your actually in pain.

Critical- manipulating someone for your own advantage, we also fake to get our way, no matter the situation.

#3. In the Crapper

Literal- being on the toilet

Inferential- Thomas crapper from England was the one to revolutionize indoor plumbing that's why his last name is used when people had to use the bathroom.

Critical- people names are associated with the things they create, also we use language to make the best of the words we use.