Expressions can be classified into different fields of interests. This helps revitalize a language even though I have said that the language faces a crisis because it has been diluted over recent years with people being less articulate than their parents were or because they pass on imprecise information.
Expressions relating to geographical formations have nothing to do with those land forms but help the student to get a sense that the language is used for its literal sense as well as its figurative. The problem is in getting to student to remember something, which has nothing to do with the real thing. Winning "by a landslide" or getting a "landslide" victory, means the person has had a large victory over someone else. Landslides tend to me sudden and tumultuous and that suddenness adds to the metaphorical sense behind its use in getting a majority of votes. Other landforms used are molehill and mountains although one might say that the molehill is an artificial creation. Making a mountain out of a molehill helps the reader to understand that he is taking things out of their normal context and exaggerating them. I use this when referring to something that someone has exaggerated an issue beyond any sensible limit. It can be associated to a mother going onto a rage because of a glass of water spilt on the floor.
There is an expression associated with being out of danger and that would "being out of the woods" Usually this is said in reference to the person having recovered from a severe illness. There is another expression dealing with a person who is a grass-roots individual that is someone who is in touch with the general populace and its issues.
Geographical expressions are ones then with a landform in it or something found growing in nature not to be confused to those that involve something associated with the weather or other naturally occurring phenomena. They deal with anything from exaggerating or being safe to reaching something of major importance and more
