Loan Words
Comes from the French and means "a style or category of art, music or literature."
Genre
Using "like" or "as" to compare two or more things
Simile
A synonym for tired
Shattered or Knackered
To do things lawfully
To do things by the book
To knuckle down means.....
To begin to study seriously
"Time to the knuckle down and get some work done."
Comes from the Persians and means "market"
Bazaar
A question that does not need an answer and was only asked for dramatic purposes
a rhetorical question
A substitute for the word "thing"
A Yoke
A book that out or well-used
Dog-eared
To tuck into means....
To eat something enthusiastically.
"He tucked into his Christmas dinner."
Comes from Arabic and means "observing animals in their natural habitat or going on an expedition."
Safari
Hinting what will happen in a story before it occurs
Foreshadowing
Someone who is annoying
A Pox
The period during which something is still relevant, useful, or interesting
Shelf life
To hammer out means....
To through something and come to an agreement.
"We finally hammered out the details of the contract."
Comes from German and means "The passionate desire to travel."
Wanderlust
Forming a word from the sound associated with what is named
Onomatopoeia
A place that is messy/dirty
A Kip
To change the facts and figures illegally
To cook the books
To hit the hay means.....
To go to sleep.
"Time to hit the hay."
Derives from the Irish "go leor" which also means plenty or a lot.
Galore
A clue or a piece of information that is meant to distract or mislead a reader
A red herring
A synonym for lucky
Jammy
A trick so old that it is likely to be ineffective
The oldest trick in the book
To fob someone off means.....
To trick them.
"That old man totally fobbed me off."