Find 5 idioms from the paragraph bellow,tell what each idiom means.?

Question

In the dim past, even before the Ch'in and the Han dynasties, there lived a cave cheif of southern China by the name of Wu. As was the custom in those days, Cheif Wu had taken 2 wives. Each wife in her turn had presented Wu with a baby daughter. But one of the wives sickened and died, and not too many days after that Cheif Wu took to his bed and died too. Yeh-Shen, the little orphan, grew to girlhood in her step-mothers home.

Answer 1

Definition for idiom: an expression of language or dialect of a people that is not understood outside its culture; a special terminology.

Example: "took to his bed" which means that he was so sick, he could not get out of bed.

Here are four more, see if you can figure out the meaning:
"cave chief", "In her turn", "dim past", "grew to girlhood"

Answer 2

i don't comprehend because of the fact i did no longer decrease than stand 0.5 of the idioms/slang words you pronounced...Does that mean that it could no longer be called Black Vernacular English. Seeing as how no longer ALL Black people comprehend, comprehend or use this English. possibly that is because of the fact I ignored the 1st 4 training... What ever befell to Ebonics? super question and a marvelous type of thought do exactly no longer rep the entire race in this one. EDIT: i comprehend you probably did no longer state that i became only referring the the call of it...which i comprehend is likely one in each of the names wherein this language is named. i might extremely say Ebonics no longer Black Vernacular English because of the fact no longer ALL Black people communicate it and likewise no longer in basic terms Black people communicate it. No offense to you i like the question/lesson. It shows that the language certainly has rules and is not any longer ignorant...

Answer 3

Well put, Blakesleefam. Thumbs up for gentle persuasion!