Period

• dawn

  An opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire".

• evening

  A later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire".

• rainy day

  A (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day".

Hit

• blockbuster

  An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a...

• sleeper

  An unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer".

Also contains

• metaphor

  A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not...

• irony

  A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.

• metonymy

  Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in...

• synecdoche

  Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa.

• zeugma

  Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick...

• summer

  The period of finest development, happiness, or beauty; "the golden summer of his life".

• period

  The end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon...

• domino effect

  The consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling...

• conceit

  An elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things.

• exaggeration

  Extravagant exaggeration.

• kenning

  Conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse...

• lens

  (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood; "the writer is the...

• cakewalk

  An easy accomplishment; "winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him"; "invading Iraq...

• flip side

  A different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect); "the flip side of your...

• oxymoron

  Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence').

• personification

  Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature.

• simile

  A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually...

• housecleaning

  (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices...

• blind alley

  (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement;...

• bell ringer

  Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign...

• goldbrick

  Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless.