Skinny as a bone: metaphor and exaggeration. A thousand pounds: hyperbole. Cold as ice: simile. Competition: simile, couplet. Returning: Simile, Hyperbole. Anger: hyperbole.
Expanded:
A. Bones as thin as firewood
Interpretation: describes being thin to the extreme.
From: Qing Cao Xueqin, "Dream of the Red Chamber," the 113th time: "Liu Lou Lou looked at Phoenix's bones as thin as firewood, and her look of trance, and her heart became miserable."
Vernacular: "Liu Lou Lou looked at Sister Feng as thin as a bone, with a fluttering look, and her inner heart became miserable."
Grammar: subject-predicate tense; as predicate, determiner, complement; describing extremely thin
Two, a thousand pounds
Explanation: a metaphor for the situation is very critical.
From: Modern Yang Mo? The Song of Youth and Spring, Part I, Chapter 15: "At this urgent moment of a thousand pounds, the policeman who caught the schoolgirls was violently kicked out by a man a good distance away."
Grammar: subject-predicate tense; as predicate, determiner; used when a person or an event is very critical
Three: The warblers sing and the swallows dance
Explanation: The yellow warblers sing and the swallows flutter. Describe the noisy and active scene of birds in spring. Now it is often compared to the flourishing scene of revolution and construction.
From Mao Zedong's "Song of Water" (水调歌头-重上井冈山): "Thousands of miles have come to look for the old place, and the old appearance has changed into a new one. Everywhere ~, there is even more gurgling water and high roads into the clouds."
Grammar: Joint; as predicate, determiner; with positive meaning
Four: Cold as Ice and Frost
Explanation: Cold as ice and frost. It is a metaphor for treating people as cold as ice and frost. It is also a metaphor for a strict and unapproachable attitude.
From: Yuan - Wang Shifu, "The West Wing", Book 1, Part 2: "My old lady is serious about her family, as cold as ice and frost."
In vernacular: "My old madam governs her house with severity, austere as frost."
Syntax: partial formal; as predicate, determiner, dative; describing a person's attitude
Fifth, salivating
Explanation: salivation: saliva. The saliva hangs down three feet long. Describe the extremely greedy look. It also describes a very keen eye.
From: Modern Lao She, Zhao Ziyi, Chapter 3: "Across the table sat a salivating little black-and-white flower dog, squeezing his eyebrows in the hope of eating some white potato whiskers and skins."
Syntax: Complementary; as predicate, determiner; derogatory, describing seeing other people's things red in the eyes
Sixth: Striving for Curiosity
Explanation: Curiosity: exotic; Colorful: brightly colored. Describe the flowers, very colorful.
From: Modern Li _ people "dead water" I: "Especially fascinating to Deng Missy, is to talk about Chengdu in general the life of the big families, as well as the women to compete with the strange and colorful dress."
Seven, the heart of returning home is like an arrow
Explanation: The mood of wanting to go home is as fast as an arrow shot out. It describes the eagerness to go home.
From: Qing Dynasty - Li Ruzhen "Mirror Flower Edge" 21: "In a short time, through the pine forest, across the stream, past the water and moon village, over the mirror flower ridge, really homecoming like an arrow."
Vernacular: "Not long after, through the pine forest, crossing the brook, passing the Shuiyue Village, crossing the Mirror Flower Ridge, really the heart of return is like an arrow."
Syntax: subject-predicate tense; as predicate; describing eagerness to go home
Eighth, angry hair rushed to the crown
Interpretation: refers to the anger so angry that the hair stood straight up against the top of the hat. It describes extreme anger.
From: Song - Yue Fei "Full River Red" words: "Angry hair rushes to the crown, by the fence, the dashing rain breaks." ?
Vernacular: "Angrily, by the parapet, the sudden wind and rain have just stopped."
Grammar: subject-predicate; as predicate, object, determiner, complement; describing extreme anger