The first one is an "idiom" / or, "idiomatic expression" ; that is: [to have] "tricks up [one's sleeve's]" .
The second one is "hyperbole" (gross exaggeration).
The third one is "personification" — but also "hyperbole" (gross exaggeration).
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Book Summary. In 1944, in the village of Sighet, Romania, twelve-year-old Elie Wiesel spends much time and emotion on the Talmud and on Jewish mysticism. His instructor, Moshe the Beadle, returns from a near-death experience and warns that Nazi aggressors will soon threaten the serenity of their lives.
Politeness could be both! It could be all good manners, but it also could be good lying. If this isn't what you are looking for, please explain more clearly.
