Funny English Idioms And Their Meanings
by Roisin Hahessy
Having recently moved to Brazil, learning a new language and also teaching English, has made me think more about the English language.
When I stopped to think about some English idioms and their literal meaning, I found some of them very funny and thought it would be a nice idea to pick a few of the most common idioms and illustrate them.
As Cool As A Cucumber
Hold Your Horses
Kick The Bucket
Blue In The Face
A Storm In A Teacup
Bobs Your Uncle
Head In The Clouds
Dead As A Doornail
A Piece Of Cake
Heart In Your Mouth
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Ever wondered what some of the sayings, metaphors and clichs we use in the English language would look like in picture form?
Well here are a bunch of them
Good fun Robert.
Good one RIO. Got a smile out of me.
FLY
Glad you liked them
A little lightheartedness in the face of all the serious issues of the day
Kavika
The expressions are familiar ones, and the illustrations make them even more meaningful
Thanks for the feedback
R W
Thanks for the feedback, glad you liked the illustrations
Interesting stuff!
For some of them, I wonder what the connection is? For example, the piece of cake. (I've never associated cake with being particularly easy--- actually, I never think of it as being hard or easy. Well, it is easier to eat than Walnuts that have to be cracked or chewing a really tough piece of meat! And then there are Artichokes, and Lobsters and ...).
BTW, there is s actually a basis for "Cool as a Cucumber". Certain foods do have a cooling or warming effect. Cucumbers, Watermelon, Cilantro are some that have been known in folk medicine for being cooling-- that wisdom goes back a long way.
Ayurveda is the ancient form of medicine practiced in India. Just googled it-- here's part of what they say about Cukes:
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IMO some of the benefits they list on that page may be open to debate. But in folk medicine in several parts of the world, Cucumbers are generally know for at least two things-- their cooling effect and their benefits for beuaty (particularly for skin).
Krishna
Well you have done your best to suck the fun out a piece meant for nothing but fun and chuckles.
I thank you for the information on cucumbers
And your explanation of your chewing ups and downs was very entertaining
Apologies-- that wasn't my intent
I've always been very interested in language and words &phrases and their meanings. Also, how they differ in different cultures...
Krishna
No apologies need - I was being a little sarcastic - the points you made about the cool as a cucumber were very interesting to me.
I had seen women with cucumber slices on their eyes in spas etc but never gave a thought as to what the science behind it was.
My comment was probably a little too harsh and cutting and I did not intend that way so the apology is from me to you for the snipping comment.
These are wonderful! What fun! Thanks for sharing these!
Dowser
Glad you liked them and thanks for the feedback
I always thought it was "a TEMPEST in a teapot".
My wife has known about that for years:
But personally, I don't think she needed it. I apologize for the derail - I just couldn't help myself.
Buzz
I perfectly delightful and only minor derail if at all
Buzz
I have heard both, but I agree tempest in a teapot is the more common saying