FIG LANG Easy 1 - Choose
I've told you a million times to put your clothes away!
HYPERBOLE
An INDIRECT comparison made between two things that are essentially NOT the same/similar.
SIMILE
"Beating around the bush."
When someone avoids getting directly to the task/matter at hand
Hit the sack
Go to bed
Believe what people do and not what they say
Actions speak louder than words
His words cut like a knife.
SIMILE (req.) - may add IDIOM w/o penalty
Applying human characteristics/behaviors to non-human things
PERSONIFICATION
Go back to the drawing board
Start over
Pull someone's leg
Just barely achieved/accomplished
By the skin of my teeth
The desk often trips unsuspecting people.
PERSONIFICATION
A saying that is commonly understand to have meaning BUT whose meaning does not match the literal words used
IDIOM
"Break a leg!"
A wish of Good Luck or the same as Do Well!
That's the last straw
I have now run out of patience
When something is very expensive
It costs an arm and a leg
The wind howled like a long lost wolf.
SIMILE (req) - PERSONIFICATION accepted as an add-on BUT not in place of Simile
Exaggeration that is used most commonly for the sake of humor (not meant as a lie)
HYPERBOLE
Cut me some slack.
Give me some forgiveness; don't be so critical
Wrap your head around something
To have finally understood something that seemed complicated/difficult
Don't count on something good happening until it's happened.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
You are the sunshine of my existence.
METAPHOR (req) Idiom accepted as an add-on
To make a direct comparison between two dissimilar things in order to make a point (based on figurative interpretation)
METAPHOR
It's not rocket science
It's not difficult/complicated
Barking up the wrong tree
Looking in the wrong place for an answer/solution
There's no reason to complain about something that can't be fixed
Don't cry over spilt milk