Matching Pairs Idioms "Book reviews"Online version Different idioms to review books and other kinds of writing. Advanced level by Natalia Tolstopyat 1 to wade through 2 it was heavy going 3 to do a hatchet job on something 4 to be an armchair critic 5 a page turner 6 to pick holes in the plot criticize strongly and cruelly to find mistakes in plot, to criticize to criticize, but without any personal expertise difficult to read or understand an exciting book that you read quickly to finish reading something, but with difficulty