Answer:
i dont know, its a dificult question.
Explanation:
Orthodoxy is probably more flexible, because it is a theory or doctrine that is accepted as generally true, where dogma is viewed as unequivocally true. Although both are laid down by an authority institution, group or figure, one is inherently a bit more flexible than the other..
It looks really good but I think you should put a comma before ( like ) and I suggest to take the ( grave or ) part because it will sound a lot more better
I think its an Idiom. I don't see like or as. So no simile. I don't see he is something like a marshmallow. - No metaphor. I also don't see a non-human thing doing human things- the grass was dancing in the wind. My answer would be an idiom.
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