Answer:
B. "He was probably grumpy because he was older than dirt."
Explanation:
In the passage above, an idiomatic expression is used when the speaker used the phrase, 'older than dirt'. An idiom is a phrase that is not meant to be be interpreted literally with the individual words used although there are few instances where this may occur.
The term 'older than dirt' means that a person or animal is very old. It was originally coined from the dirt found at the surface of the earth, believed to have existed for thousands of years.
Syntax is the format in which words and phrases are arranged to create sentences
I believe the answer is B. life is short; laugh and be merry
The answer to this question is B. Heroes have amazing abilities that separate them from normal humans.