Eyes like lakes
A surprising simile: lake-like eyes reflecting the sky. Something touching too about the contrast of apparently wide open eyes, and...
Language like a wipe of garlic
What a way to convey the invigorating presence of foreign words in a language. Even if imperfectly grafted, they add...
Hook, line and sinker
Orlando did in fact fall hook, line and sinker, so the metaphor of being hooked through the nose and dragged...
As wriggly as…
Such a friendly word for a sinuous path, and so the likening to a piece of thread fallen on a carpet...
As weighty as …
A refreshing change from references to lead and other heavy materials, I liked this silence as weighty as the Swiss...
The call of duty
This magnificent story, which features lions in unexpected places, describes the look of the kingly creature when glimpsed at dawn,...
Stormy tea trays
We’ve had some rotten weather recently, rain-grey clouds rolling over us like dismal tumbleweed, so this resonates.
‘There was a...
The friskiness of a cow on a sunny day
While I couldn't find a good picture of either a leaping labourer or a friskily jumping cow on a sunny...
Steel rod and iron bar
Arthur has the upper hand socially, although morally and physically he is no match for Adam. But he won the...
As quick as …
This deserves to enter daily usage: 'As quick as thinking'.
Source: JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit (London: HarperCollins, 1995), p. 67
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Wishy-washy Arthur
Mrs Irwine's all too insightful summary of Arthur's strength of character.
'She thinks your lady-love will rule you as the...
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