Golden phrases to remember

• A crop of disappointments
• A flood of pride rose in him
• A glittering infectious smile
• A reputation that swelled like a sponge
• An albatross around my neck
• An apple of his eye
• Break one’s heart
• By word of mouth
• Crowed about
• Despite bleeding profusely, she endured the pain
• Eddie chickened out when the bully challenged him to a fight.
• Everyone was whispering to another about the scene
• felt a shiver down my spine
• fished out my handphone and dialled triple nine
• Flames leaped in his eyes
• He was on cloud nine when he won the prize
• her laughter moves like a bat through silent haunted woods
• Her scream cut like a knife as the snatch thief ran off with her handbag.
• His face turned red like a tomato
• hollered, exclaimed, yelled, whispered, warned, advised...
• horsed around
• I felt a shiver down my spine when I heard the bad news.
• I was all thumbs with the dialling as I was feeling nervous
• In the twinkling of an eye
• Lend a helping hand
• lightning glare
• Made a beeline
• mathematical precision
• My friends horsed around in class when the teacher was away
• My mother nagged, "Wake up, you will be late for school."
• Paramedics rushed over to attend to the wounded
• Passersby stood rooted not knowing what to do next.
• Pay through one’s nose
• Put one’s foot down
• She was elated over her results
• She was so embarrassed that she weeped bitterly
• stung like a scorpion
• The beating of her heart was like a drum
• The place swarmed like a hive
• the pupils roared in laughters
• turned a deaf ear
• When Andrew saw his results, a bitterness crept into his face.
• Words as soft as rain