NaNo Writing Prompt #26 – Citrus NaNoers

As you almost certainly know, an idiom is a colloquial phrase with a figurative meaning that is not deducible by simply hearing or reading the words at face value.

Writing Prompt:
Choose one of the following idioms and include it in a story that also includes a literal use of one of the figurative words in the idiom. For example, if I were to choose the phrase “at the drop of a hat,” I would also include a hat or someone dropping something.

at the drop of a hat
hit the sack
judge a book by its cover
beat around the bush
steal [someone’s] thunder
the last straw

Writing Prompt: Choose one of the following idioms and include it in a story that also includes a literal use of one of the figurative words in the idiom. For example, if I were to choose the phrase “at the drop of a hat,” I would also include a hat or someone dropping something.

at the drop of a hat

hit the sack

judge a book by its cover

beat around the bush

steal [someone’s] thunder

the last straw

Writing Prompt:
Choose one of the following idioms and include it in a story that also includes a literal use of one of the figurative words in the idiom. For example, if I were to choose the phrase “at the drop of a hat,” I would also include a hat or someone dropping something.