When writer Mary Roach describes first meeting FDA entomologist Dana Ludwig, she uses an idiom, a phrase that has a figurative meaning separate from the literal meaning of the words, to describe her awkward attempt at a joke. What idiom does roach use

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How can you sit there calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble i cant make out you seen to me to be perfectly heartless who said this quote

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”