An idiom is a phrase used to represent something that has nothing to do with it and is not literal. For example: raining cats and dogs means it's raining hard and not literally raining animals. Seething with rage is not an idiom as seethe basically means mad or angry. Angry or mad with rage can be literal and is not an idiom.
Answer:
Very limited to say the least, the role of a wife and husband were very defined.
Explanation:
Women were generally expected to marry and perform household and motherly duties rather than seek formal education. Even women who were not successful in finding husbands were generally expected to remain uneducated, and to take a position in childcare. The women didn't control their own finances and were expected to tell their husband's what they spent and so forth.
Because they also acted like the docs.
