Figuratively used compounds

They are called, by those initiated, “private enquirers,” “trackers,” “bloodhounds.” Lynch, Lawrence L.

Just in case you were wondering who the outsiders are, it's you and me – our pensions, our savings, our mortgages, feeding this bloodsucker.

The two men bootstrapped the business, using their own savings at first.

A growing number of companies are recognizing the health benefits of a quick snooze, including increased alertness, enhanced brainpower, and fewer sick days.

While the two men headed south, Diem had a brainwave.

One third of all Americans - 100 million people - have not adopted broadband at home.

In America papers are mostly broadsheets, but tabloid-style television was invented there.

In brownouts, incandescent lights are dimmer, water is warm rather than hot, and motors move slower.

He vowed to stand tall against Sharia law, another familiar conservative bugbear.

“There’s nothing bulldog about Britain hovering somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, not standing tall in Europe, not being taken seriously in Washington,” he said. New York Times (Dec 12, 2011)

Spending months writing a business plan can make you feel like you're being productive, but it's really just busywork.

She would be on hand, speaking and buttonholing elected officials on many issues, including reckless driving and pedestrian dangers. New York Times (Nov 17, 2011)

He believed that if he was in England with plenty of money he could track down that cardsharp lie. Burnett, Frances Hodgson

“The Moscow authorities have once again behaved like cavemen,” said Nikolai Alekseyev, the organizer of Saturday’s attempted protest. New York Times (May 28, 2011)

I might have known you were tired, and not kept on talking so, but I am such a dreadful chatterbox. Fleming, May Agnes