Illustrated Idioms: Illustrated Idioms, #2

By Susan Faw

The adventures continue in Volume 2 of Illustrated Idioms!

There are 'plenty of fish in the sea,' when it comes to the definition of English Idioms. This book is a refreshing spin on the typical dictionary definition of the words.

Illustrated Idiom is a collection of short stories written to ILLUSTRATE the meaning behind the words. Inspired by the words themselves, this book will give you a fresh insight into how the idioms were born and the context in which they were formed. 

This is meant to be a lighthearted read and not a scholarly work, but if you struggle to grasp the meaning behind the strange and varied English idioms that are part of mastering the language, then these might be the books for you.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Susan Faw
• Release date: Jun 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9780995994058

Susan Faw

Susan’s love of stories began before she could read or write. Her earliest childhood memories are of a make believe game she played with her sister, creating and telling an epic story inspired by a picture chosen at random from a National Geographic magazine. Susan spent her summers reading and writing sometimes serious, sometimes humorous works of fiction, imagining the worlds beyond her bedroom walls. Susan is an avid reader of literature, especially science fiction and fantasy. She loves to bring new worlds and fantasy adventures to young adults and inspire them to join her on her make believe journeys.  You can find Susan at www.susanfaw.com, on twitter @susandfaw or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SusanFaw.

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Illustrated Idioms

Inspired Story Prompts

Volume 2

Susan Faw

Copyright © 2017 by Susan Faw

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior written permission.

Author Susan Faw

www.susanfaw.com

Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales is completely coincidental.

Book Layout © 2017 BookDesignTemplates.com

Illustrated Idiom Inspired Story Prompts

Volume 2/ Susan Faw.—1st ed.

ISBN 978-0-9959940-5-8

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Contents

Eye Of The Tiger

Mind Your P’s & Q’s

Feather In Your Cap?

Kitty Hawk

Horton Hears A What?

Lady Godiva

A Hippopotamus For Christmas

Mein Kampf Revisited

Mozart

Pliny Of Time For A Bath

From Soup to Nuts Limerick Fun #2

Ducks In A Row

Crossing The Line

On The Wagon

Short Shrift

Chapter 16

Gee Wiz

Full Tilt

Story Seed 1

Eye of the Tiger

Jason Leos crouched behind the stone column, quickly swiping away a trickle of blood stinging his left eye. The stirred dust settled onto the blood-soaked sands of the arena in the sudden pause from the last skirmish where tigers were occupied with feasting on the fallen slave. To his left he counted one, two, three tiger corpses. Two tigers fed at the body of the fallen slave. They were the last.

Of the six slaves released the arena an hour ago, only he and a coltish young woman remained. She shied around a similar column across the arena, chest heaving and hastily wiping her blade on the torn sleeve of her peasant smock. She had killed the last tiger, before their companion had fallen to the beasts.

So, it was now two on two.

Jason glanced up at the Archon’s balcony, shaded from the western sun by a large striped canopy. Finely dressed ladies and gents could be seen, sipping on iced beverages and being attended to by large feathered fans as the elite enjoyed an afternoon of sport.

He darted out from his hiding place and quickly scooped up the discarded sword from one of the grizzly remains and keeping the stone columns between him and the tigers, made his way to the woman. The tigers paid him little attention, focused as they were on their fourth meal of the hour.

Reaching the woman, Jason crouched down beside her.

Up close the woman was little more than a child, her stringy brown hair falling into large hazel eyes.

She tossed her head to clear her sight and murmured, Thanks. She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. So what do we do now?

I think one of us has to become bait and the other come in for the kill. She nodded in