(informal)  A person who enjoys reading and spends a lot of time doing it.

If you are on the wrong end of a bad situation, e.g. a defeat, you are the person or side that suffers or loses.

To fan the flames (of something) - to make a situation worse, to make something more intense

If you do the donkey work, you do the hard work or the less interesting part of the work that needs to be done.

a windfall: a sudden and unexpected piece of good fortune or an advantage that you gain, or an amount of money that you win or receive unexpectedly

Take heart (from something) - feel encouraged by something or have more confidence because of something. In the picture: Even when you don't win the fight, you should take heart from the fact that you did your best.

PLAY (IT) SAFE - be careful and avoid taking risks In the picture: It's probably OK to eat them raw, but it's best to PLAY IT SAFE by cooking them.

Get down to bedrock - focus on the most important aspects of a situation; deal with the essentials; come to the point. Also:  Get down to business, Get down to the brass tacks or Get down to the nitty-gritty

The sharp end - the part of an activity or a job where most problems are likely to be found

Here's the idiom for today Out of the woods - out of difficulties, danger or trouble