hard liquor

It was the kind of country where the water was just fine, but the admonition was, “Don’t drink the hooch.”

scene scheme

The trailer was a gloss for the whole film.

cast a truly jaundiced eye upon

Looking at the world through piss-tinted glasses.

paper money

Prints are the paper money of famous artists. A currency issued from the treasury of their reputation and esteem.

conflict to confluence

There’s the rub, we need a dialectic friction to create the energy to move forward.