Figurative Expressions 1
Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that.
Easily frightened
Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies.
Girls like Soda just like flies love honey.
He's got eyes like frozen ice.
His eyes look cold and unfeeling.
Johnny couldn't say boo to a goose.
He's timid and won't confront anyone.
"Boys will be boys," the farmer said with a grin, and I thought dully that he sounded as corn-poney as Hank Williams.
The farmer has a country-sounding accent.
Take my little old mustang and all the dough I can carry and get out.
Take my car and all the money I can get and leave.
Two-Bit shoulda been in that little one-horse store. Man, we're in the middle of nowhere.
A one-horse store is a small store in a little country town.
If someone beefed him, he didn't keep quiet about it.
If somebody wronged him or tried to start a fight with him, he didn't keep quiet about it.
"Man, dig baldy here!" He was staring at my head as he circled me.
Look at his shaved head.
"What's the sweat about my schoolwork?" I finally shouted.
Why are you worrying about my schoolwork?
I'm marked chicken if I punk out at the rumble.
People will think I'm a coward if I don't go to the rumble.
Maybe he had already been worked over by the fuzz and was waiting to get the electric chair because he wouldn't tell where I was.
Maybe he had already been arrested and interrogated by the police.
One bawl-baby in the family's enough.
One person in the family who cries a lot is enough.
And don't be so bugged about being a greaser.
Don't worry so much about being a greaser.
Bob had told us he'd fix us for picking up his girl.
Bob had told us he'd get revenge on us for flirting with his girlfriend.