^ good one...
^ good one...
Put a bug in someone's ear
When first used in English, the term put a flea in someone's ear was used to mean a feeling of spiritual emotion. The idiom evolved into the current meaning of a strong reprimand. To put a bug in someone's ear means to give him a suggestion or a hint, to impart some information that will help decide a course of action.
To keep one's cards close to one's chest.
His trousers look torn to shreds...
As snug as a bug in a rug.
as dry as a dead dingoes donger.
Cock and bull story.
Raise an eyebrow.
* In the picture, the man's left eyebrow is significantly higher than his right eyebrow.
Hit the nail on the head
No one knows the exact origin of this phrase. What is known is that it is extremely old. It appears in The Book of Margery Kempe, circa 1438. This was an account of the life of religious visionary Margery Kempe and is considered to be the earliest surviving autobiography written in English:
"Yyf I here any mor thes materys rehersyd, I xal so smytyn ye nayl on ye hed that it schal schamyn alle hyr mayntenowrys."In modernised English, that reads as:
"If I hear any more these matters repeated, I shall so smite the nail on the head that it shall shame all her supporters."
Ah, I thought that was a screw loose . . .
So, what's the coloured sock on one leg?
Enough room to swing a cat..
Or; Catch a cat by the tail.
Or both?
Writing the short versions due to laziness.
1. tough nut
2. screw loose.
3. piece of cake.
4. ace up sleeve.
5. cards close to chest.
6. big cheese
7. red herring
8. spill the beans
9. silver platter
10. time flies
11. cat got your tongue
12. catch a cat by the tail
13. cold feet
14. pull up your socks
15. heart on one's sleeve
16. raise an eyebrow
17. tie the know
18. kick the bucket
19. torn to shreds
20. eggs in one basket
21. shadow of one's former self.
22. born with a silver spoon.
23. birdbrain?
24. Ear worm?
25. shoe on the other foot
26. a stitch in time.
27. Fried egg. (Thai slang for flat boobies)
Maybe the last one isn't correct. Plus another few.
Never herd of "Catch a cat by his tail".
I have heard of "A shadow of his former self" which I think is one.....
^^^ you forgot cherry on top...
There is also "Cherry on the cake" in the bottom right corner.
Stocking the middle with you ?
Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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