Wednesday 2 April 2014

My Twittery Idiom Challenge

Which no one has bothered to comment on. Consequently, that proves that most people do not care about whether you are a twit or a tweeter or have anything of significance to put into 140 characters.

As for FaceBook, well ... there is the idiom that if you pay peanuts... can $1 buy a bag of peanuts though?

A sleeping cat, rather than a sleeping dog.


The purpose of my twittery witty (because I think it is) idiom challenge is because when you learn a language you should have fun. When you enjoy doing something, it becomes easier. Or so the theory goes.


Idioms so far:


April Fool: like a rhubarb fool but with April rather than the tarty rhubarb.


To be at sixes and sevens: just before you’ve learnt to count up to eight.

Loquacious Diarrhoea:  when you can't stop writing (or in some other cases talking)

Out of sorts: when you’re only left with the nasty brown Liquorice Allsorts

A piece of cake: well, obviously not the whole cake, as everyone knows you can't have your cake and eat it.

Let sleeping dogs lie: because if you wake them up, they'll start barking.

He was a peppery individual: every time I met him, I sneezed.
(His sister was well-seasoned - she always rubbed salt into her wounds.)

Beside oneself: when you meet your clone.

To bend over backwards: what athletes are good at and can do with ease.

Have an axe to grind: what Vikings had after plundering.
There were a lot of axe grinders in the middle ages.

Hold your horses: not that easy if you don't have a horse.

More to follow ...