Analyze and comment on the following.Read the extract, pick out the idioms and explain their meanings. Then rewrite the extract in standard non-figurative language. Sam is getting on ,too . His hair is pepper and salt, but he knows how to make up for lost time by taking it easy.
1. HIGHLY FIGURATIVE,FULL OF IDIOMS: (1)GETTING ON =GETTING OLD; (2)PEPPER AND SALT=GRAY;(3)MAKE UP FOR=COMPENSATE; (4)LOST TIME=WASTED TIME;(5)TAKE IT EASY=RELAX. 
2. STANDARD VERSION: SAM IS GETTING OLD, TOO. HIS HAIR IS TURNING GRAY, BUT HE KNOWS HOW TO COMPENSATE FOR WASTED TIME BY RELAXING.