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Year: 2021

Posted on December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Walking on egg shelves

Categories: about being on the edge, about food or cooking, about pushing your luck, cautious, demonstrating risky behaviour, ominous
Tags: eggshells, walking
Posted on December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Beauty is 50/50

Categories: a little bit distasteful, about being pragmatic
Tags: 20/20, 50/50, beauty, hindsight
Posted on December 26, 2021December 26, 2021 by Idioms Poster

It swings in roundabouts

Categories: about being pragmatic, considerate, demonstrating strong leadership
Tags: roundabout, swing
Posted on December 26, 2021December 26, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Lets get this boat on the road

Categories: about people taking the initiative, demonstrating strong leadership, related to boats, sea travel or water
Tags: boat, road, show
Posted on December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Growing excrementally

Categories: about being impressed, about making money, about money, malapropisms
Tags: excrement, grow
Posted on December 9, 2021January 2, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Like a wolf in cheap clothing

Categories: about animals and living creatures, brilliant Malaphors
Tags: cheap, clothing, sheep, wolf
Posted on December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 by Idioms Poster

I am ravished

Categories: exhibiting frisky behaviour, malapropisms
Tags: famished, ravish
Posted on December 4, 2021January 2, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Disappearing down a can of worms

Categories: a little bit distasteful, about animals and living creatures, about things going wrong, bad for animal lovers, brilliant Malaphors, foreboding, just weird, negative, ominous, related to gardening, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: can, disappear, hole, rabbit, worms
Posted on November 21, 2021January 27, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Mean as custard

Categories: about being brilliant, about food or cooking, demonstrating keenness, spoonerisms
Tags: custard, keen, mean, mustard
Posted on November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 by Idioms Poster

We have reached the pineapple of success

Categories: about being brilliant, about food or cooking
Tags: pineapple, pinnacle
Posted on November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Throw the boat out

Categories: about being care free, about being reckless, about having a lot of fun, related to boats, sea travel or water
Tags: boat, throw
Posted on November 12, 2021February 12, 2022 by Idioms Poster

She had more money than she could afford

Category: Escher sentences
Tag: money
Posted on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Best thing since brown bread

Category: about being impressed
Tags: bread, brown
Posted on October 31, 2021April 23, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Please RSPCA to our wedding invite

Categories: about animals and living creatures, featuring hilarious acronym mistakes, showing innocence
Posted on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 by Idioms Poster

She’s sailing very close to the thin ice

Categories: about being in danger, about being on the edge, about pushing your luck, demonstrating risky behaviour, related to boats, sea travel or water
Tags: ice, sailing, thin, wind
Posted on October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 by Idioms Poster

A leper can’t change his socks

Categories: a little bit distasteful, about being in a bad way, about being unwell, about clothing, about medical situations, negative, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: leper, sock, socks
Posted on October 28, 2021January 2, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Smooth as a cucumber

Categories: about being care free, about flowers or plants, about food or cooking, about not caring AT ALL, brilliant Malaphors, depicting a lovely atmosphere, positive, relaxed, showing wisdom
Tags: Calm, cool, cucumber, smooth
Posted on October 26, 2021January 2, 2022 by Idioms Poster

You’ve gone off on a tandem

Categories: brilliant Malaphors, relaxed, showing crazy behaviour, showing impatience, steeped in hopelessness, vague
Tags: tandem, tangent
Posted on October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 by Idioms Poster

I’m stressed to the nines

Categories: about being exasperated, about being in a bad way, about being in danger, about being out of your comfort zone, about medical situations, about things going wrong, negative, preparing for the worst, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: dressed, nines, stress, stressed
Posted on October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 by Idioms Poster

A walk in the cake

Categories: about being brilliant, dismissive, showing a degree of skill
Tags: cake, park, walk
Posted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Jumping at strings

Categories: about being wrong, demonstrating annoyance, mix ups of three idioms
Tags: jump, string
Posted on September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Stickler in the woods

Categories: about flowers or plants, just weird
Tags: stickler, woods
Posted on September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Don’t put all your irons in one basket

Categories: advising to be careful, cautious, exhibiting knowledge, foreboding, ominous, showing wisdom
Tags: basket, iron
Posted on June 25, 2021January 2, 2022 by Idioms Poster

A leper never changes his spots

Categories: a little bit distasteful, about being in a bad way, about medical situations, brilliant Malaphors, negative, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: change, leopard, leper, spots
Posted on June 10, 2021February 10, 2022 by Idioms Poster

There are lots of nice people in Hollywood, but not many.

Category: Escher sentences
Tags: Hollywood, many, nice, people
Posted on May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Sleight of face

Categories: about being impressed, showing a degree of skill
Tags: face, sleight
Posted on May 26, 2021September 9, 2021 by Idioms Poster

When the snow clears

Categories: about gaining an understanding, about the weather, christmas-inspired, philosophical, showing wisdom
Tags: clear, smoke, snow
Posted on March 7, 2021April 3, 2021 by iang

Put a stake in the sand

Categories: about being direct and confronting the issue, about taking liberties, demonstrating strong leadership, used as a warning
Tags: ground, line, sand, stake
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