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title: Idioms for Creative Writing
description: Explore popular idioms to enhance your creative writing, with test slides and resources for KS3 and KS4 students. Discover engaging teaching materials by Douglas Wise.
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# [Idioms for Creative Writing](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/idioms-for-creative-writing)

 Written by [Douglas Wise](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/author/wise) | 13 December, 2025

 

 

I’ve compiled some popular idioms that I plan to introduce my students to in the new term to help them add a bit of style to their Q5 writing. They’re grouped into four areas:

1. **Sport**
2. **Colour**
3. **Theatre**
4. **Weather**

Here’s a snip ⤵️

From time to time, I’ll test their knowledge of them. Only briefly – as part of a Do Now task or something similar. Here are the test slides, which are grouped according the original areas ⤵️

Everything should be easy to edit or adapt –

Doug

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