This time here's some phrases that I thought were cool and a handful of them that I use a lot. Having these written down somewhere and memorizing your favorites, has come in very handy for me while writing.

 

 

Ooo, that really grinds my marbles.

 

I’ll burn that bridge when I get to it.

 

Bite your tongue.

 

Getting your string cut. (dying - in Greek mythology there are 3 goddess people of fate(?) who decide when people die/kill them when it’s time by cutting a string.)

 

Dampened atmosphere, like the day before a big storm.

 

Coming unglued.

 

Soft as a freshly stretched kneaded eraser.

 

The static air between them.

 

Eyes like obsidian marbles.

 

A scalding rage in his/her/their eyes, about to rise up and engulf everything in its path like lava bursting through the rocky surface.

 

The words slip out of his mouth without his consent.

 

Darkness waxing him/them handsomely/seductively/mysteriously

 

Shock waves of pleasure

 

Running hands all over his/her/their body

 

Slow your roll

 

By the devil’s hand

 

By all of creation

 

Crane your neck to see.

 

Come on snake, let’s rattle.

 

“Crack of doom”

 

Diamond clarity

 

Wilding wolf

 

The evil eye

 

Look of doom

 

Trust, but verify

 

Take it in stride

 

Wind someone up

 

Chillin’ like a villain

 

Keyed up - excited or nervous

 

Straw that broke the camel’s back.

 

Draw parallels

 

Cry me a river

 

Peel paint

 

Shapeless emotion

 

Flavor of mental disorder

 

That's neither here nor there

 

Hellfire and above

 

The devil’s luck

 

God damn it

Satan bless it

 

Glide like satin over glass

 

Turn on your heel

 

Backpedal

 

It’s been done to death

 

A look of pure despondence.

 

That’s a crying shame.

 

Choking pain.

 

A dime a dozen.