“while big guns like hedge funds are biting their nails.” What type of figurative language would “biting their nails” be?

Which character in this excerpt is in conflict with society, and why? joe summers is in conflict with society because he is joking with the villagers. old man warner is in conflict with society because he believes that young folks have crazy ideas. mrs. adams is in conflict with society because she says some villages have stopped holding lotteries. mr. adams is in conflict with society because he is standing with the villager who represents society's old ways.

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonist britain, portugal, spain, or italy?

Choose two context clues to the meaning of the word sloth