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NaNo Writing Prompt #26

Posted on November 26, 2018March 11, 2019 by mladmin

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

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