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phrases and idioms to try to include in your poem/story

A face like thunder - a face that looks very angry

Come out/up smelling like a rose - to have success or good fortune in a situation in which one was likely to fail, be harmed, etc.

Drop like flies - to become ill or die over a short period of time and in large numbers

Go over/down like a lead balloon - to fail completely to impress or amuse other people

Grow like a weed - to grow very quickly

Have a memory/mind like a sieve - to have a very bad memory

Laugh like a drain - to laugh very hard

Like a drowned rat - used to describe a person who is very wet and miserable

Like a lamb to the slaughter - in a very innocent way; without knowing that something bad will happen

Like death warmed over/up - very tired or sick

Like pulling teeth - used to say that something is very difficult and frustrating

Like the cat that got the cream - used to say that someone looks very proud or satisfied about something he or she has done

Out like a light - asleep; unconscious

Read (someone) like a book - to easily understand the true thoughts and feelings of (someone) by looking at how that person acts or behaves

Work like a charm - to work very well

Marriage was a big deal. He'd never really be able to divorce her. This was gonna be it for life—and while Elizabeth for life might be wonderful, he's also getting the Bennets for life.

I don't know how much he knew about the Bennets' financial situation beyond the entail, but he had to have known there was a strong chance Mrs. Bennet would end up living with him after Mr. Bennet died. He could afford to set her up in her own house, but they'd still have to spend a lot of time together. And it wasn't just Mrs. Bennet—he'd be saddling himself with the lifelong care of potentially multiple of Elizabeth’s relatives, which is bad enough when you actually like the people, but these are people who he can't stand, and rightfully so! I'd despise living with any of them except Elizabeth and Jane, and maybe Kitty. He's not being a snob when he criticizes them—they legitimately suck. (Well, he is being a snob and dumbass by saying it out loud, but Elizabeth herself knows the criticism is justified.)

On top of all that, he knows marrying Elizabeth is gonna piss off his own family, and potentially jeopardize his friendship with his bestie Charles.

And you're telling me that Darcy was willing to take on all of that shit just for sex?? Sex is easy to get. Hell, even sex with a pretty, kind, smart wife would be easy for Darcy to get. Elizabeth is not his only good option.