(Hemingway, whole book)
Literary Term: Cliches/ Dialect
This tale has a few phrases and words that are used endlessly such as:
"That's/He's/She's Tight": Honestly, I had no idea what this phrase meant until I saw it so many times that I was forced to figure it out. It seems to be a vague term that describes any difficult situation, wheather it be financial hardship, loss, being drunk or just any general discomfort.
"Pipe Down!": For a while when Mike was screaming about Bull balls, this chiche remark was shouted a few times. The phrase actually comes from sailors who were told to go below the pipes to their hammocks when ordered to retire for the night [Source: The Phrase Finder].
Aficionado: This is the word used to mean passion about the bull-fights, often found in Montoya's hotel. Those with such passion were the true bull fighters and lovers of the sport.
This book has other phrases, which could be commented below, but these were the ones that stuck out to me.
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