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Craft Chat For the Love of Language

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Claire G

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I just came across a phrase that I love and I thought I'd start a thread where we can share our favourite examples of language at its finest, whether because it's beautiful, humorous, quirky, figurative...whatever!

The phrase was: peppering with questions

I also love:
mad as a box of frogs
frosty wind made moan
(from the song In the Bleak Midwinter)
star-spangled banner
streams of mercy never ceasing
(from the hymn Come Thou Fount)

I could go on forever, but over to you!
 
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peppering with questions
She was salt of the earth, so he peppered her with questions.

Cold as a fire of ashy coal (from an old song)
My wife, who is Spanish, would say, "¡Este viejo tiene mala leche!" (This old bloke has bad milk!)

Tener mala leche = to have bad milk; that is, to be spiteful, bitter or grumpy

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I've always agreed with Tolkien about the beautiful sound of cellar door.
 
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