Change the idiom to plain English
They were beat after three days of hard.

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,

answer: color a chicken orange

thats how you make orange chicken

i’m alive so yes and the author is a technique idiom