Idiom's idiosyncrasies

Just for shytes & giggles

A thought just occurred in reoccurring succession's space

obsessing in the recurrent currents of long detested idioms

this too shall pass, not a chance in hell...

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,

 now that's just freaking perverse

a leopard can't change his spots, 

it is what it is, till it ain't...

they've never seen doubting Thomas fly the coop

a taste of your own medicine is a piece of cake,

when you spit up in the air and it hits you in the face

if you slap me on the wrists, you're going 

to add fuel to the fire, end up against the clock

all bark and no bite...

& if we're all in the same boat, why

are you high as a kite

you just can't cut the mustard

when you cry over spilt milk

cut to the chase, curiosity killed the cat

too bad he was a devil's advocate dark horse

dead ringer of a doozy, down to the wire

you could drive someone up the wall

if you drink like a fish,

unless they're dropping like flies

then eighty-six their a*s, they say

every cloud has a silver lining

If this goes down like a lead balloon, get over yourself,

unless you're a great Samaritan and great minds think alike

then I have a gut feeling, you'll meet me in the green room

for some sympathy & tea in your face,

or they'll be hell to pay in a hand-basket, 

in the heat of the moment, it takes two to tango

especially if it's a small world

knock on wood, now you're talking, only if you're lucky

& let the cat out of the bag,

there's a method to my madness

in all this mumbo jumbo,

if you're the new kid on the block

never bite the hand that feeds you

unless you're off the hook & not playing with a full deck

you can pull the plug and pass the buck,

or the rule of thumb, is take a rain check

when you run out of steam,

unless you have a sixth sense 

and smell something fishy

don't worry, the bigger they are, the harder they fall

it's only water under the bridge when pigs fly,

you can't judge a book by its cover

unless x marks the spot

your guess is good as mine

still,  you can't take it with you

if you have zero tolerance

consider you are what you eat,

wild and woolly 

close but no cigar,

Elvis has already left the building

welease the Quackin!...... 

If you got this far and tossed your cookies after reading,

 I get why you lost the plot, enjoy the rest of your weekend anywho. ;)

Author's Note

Reviews

[redflutterby]

Well I think you about covered them all...ha! And I see you used my song...between that and your clever snappy lines who wouldn't smile. Plus theres a lot of truth in this one...and also some that make you wonder how the heck anyone could know for sure. Do they do studies on that s**t?? Ha.. x

[Frieda P]

How could I not, it was a brilliant idea for this menagerie of nonsense! Ha...thanks so much Red. x

[redzone]

Frieda!!... scratching head and thinking Frieda rules the idioms (the home of the Jedi light saber school for wayward poets, we.. I mean kids.. wait ain't that the same thing) and I know this is right as rain and silver linings too. In other words, Frieda rocks and rock and roll is here to stay and you my friend are forever young.. Let the idioms flow!! Here's my feeble attempt to play with idioms...

Well, they say... don't throw stones if you live in a glass house, or is that don't take your clothes off before pulling down the shades... but there is Frieda, tossing words and "weleasing" quacks (now I know where my rubber ducky got to) and counting my beers before they get warm.. anyway, the grass is always greener and I want that bird in the bush, but none of this verbal gets added to the stew... and finally, what's cookies got to do with it when all things will pass from one end or the other... QWUACK!!!

Thanks Frieda for the fun. And by the way did you see which way that QWUACKY DUCKY WENT???? I have old tricks to teach that young duck.. er :-p
~~redzone

[Frieda P]

Yay, you're playing the idiom game.....I have no clue where that fookin duck went to, he left me with this mess to clean up. :) MWAH! x

[redzone]

That must be someone elses duck then, not mine.. mine is yellow with orange bill and goes Quack!! He is well behaved, except on days that end in "y", and always cleans up after his sorry a*s self... AND he is very partial to idioms tossed about by a certain poet, who hides out at some wierd cafe (WC)... QWUACK!! (duck idiom for MWAH xxoo) ;0)

[Frieda P]

Mine is in the tub and it's red with white polka dots so I know it's not her....!

[redzone]

Well thats where mine was until he heard your idioms.. now my bath water is cold and there's no rubber ducky... ;0( beware of pokadots Frieda, sometimes they come attached to elephants and they hog up the whole damn tub...

[Frieda P]

It was actually a joke, I never liked polka dots and my sister loved them, so she got me the quack me up polka dot duck, gawd only knows where she found it....

[redzone]

Frieda, laughing cause here we are talking about "crazy" poetry, rubber ducks (of various colors and dots) and I always think you are serious.. :-p I mean pigs fly and idioms make perfect sense... lol

But here's some serious... I think someone said this too, you are one of the few poets who can write a idiom poem with sarcasm, wit, humor and spice AND have it make sense... so there:-p (I have a theory that it was that red and white rubber duck that inspired this poem... just saying) your sister and you very cool peoples..

[Frieda P]

Oh you're mad as a wet hen love...and I'm never serious, unless I am. Grazie mille Curt, you're pretty flippin cool yourself....

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Well s**t you got me giggling, quite an abstract piece of silliness but also delivers so,me sound advice on life. Nice one Moonbeam.

[Frieda P]

That was its intended purpose, so glad you did cowboy! :)

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Well then you get a A for awesomesauce.

[Jon Roggie]

This is supposed to be a serious writing site! Oh, yeah. I moved past that. I was laughing from the beginning! Loved this one!

[Frieda P]

Oh yikes, I must have forgotten the memo! Thanks Jon....

[Jon Roggie]

Again, great write!

[Frieda P]

You're quackin' me up Jon! :)

[Jon Roggie]

By the way, I remember this song from the roller rink when I was a kid. Yes, it was when it first came out, and then there was the Bump.

[Frieda P]

A friend suggested it, thought it was perfect, and last time I went roller skating I almost broke my leg and brought a few others down with me, that's why I stick to dancing....

[Ashira Macy]

My goodness, had fun with this one dear? The final line was a hoot and a half! I couldn't help picturing Elmer Fudd saying it!!!

[Frieda P]

HA perfect Ashira, I had fun writing this one, jazz'd you enjoyed!

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha ha very funny, and a dizzying array of nearly every saying imaginable. If only I thought of it, but -- Wish in one hand ... anyway, a very neat little bit of satire and sarcasm Frieda-fied.

[Frieda P]

Ha always jazz'd to make you dizzy KL, or dizzier as it may be. :)

[kublakhan27]

Ah You're a clever one Mrs.R, but you're not capable of mere giggles, even in your most tongue-in-cheek pieces...being able to take all of these cliches and put them together like this is an act of brilliance in itself...if anyone else tried doing this, they'd just be recycled cliches, but...well, I don't know how to say these things anymore, you're just you, and you can do things with words that nobody else can :) xo

[Frieda P]

Must be the Summer Shandy's and the sun, you know what Cary Grant said, something like insanity gallops through my family, yeah that. ;) Thanks Benji. xo

[Rene Salinas]

Well I woudn't claim to understand the context and probably if it was me I would deep in oblivion to even notice if someone was slightly annoyed or disturbed by something I did but from that to build an answer like this? Even the most obtuse of characters would see the humour, the fun, the creativety I mean as random goes is not even that random.

Another moment of suprise onto the ever unfolding personality and human being that your are Frieda.

(Shakes head in amusement)

Thankyou

[Frieda P]

If you're shaking your head in amusement, my job here is done, mission accomplished! Thanks Rene....

[Lydia Shutter]

Giggling here...you packed a helluva lot into this one. Hey, if they are upset by it, tell them to build a bridge and get over it! Time will tell if you posted this poem in the nick of time. I will be as old as the hills when I forget this poem! Loved it! Lydi**

[Frieda P]

Laughing! I love that you played along joisey! ;)

[Lydia Shutter]

Did you doubt I would? Hey, you are my partner in crime, Frieda.

[Frieda P]

Is that why you left me behind to clean up the cement shoe mess? haha

[Lydia Shutter]

Well, yea, I mixed the damned cement so it was part of the job....we divde the labor, remember? LOL

[Frieda P]

Eesh, even the score, comes with the territory, eventually chickens come home to roost. haha

[Lydia Shutter]

Cracking up here.....you are a very funny lady, my friend.

[Frieda P]

Will you tell my kids that please? I have to face the music every day, they think I'm daft....

[Lydia Shutter]

Hell, I am no judge, I am so far round the bend, I can't see the bend anymore! LOL

[Frieda P]

Sounds like nailing jelly to the wall joisey haha you crack me up!

[Lydia Shutter]

Laughter is a good thing, Ms. Pickle! :)

[Frieda P]

I only had a few beers, hardly pickled. haha :)

[Lydia Shutter]

Nighty night, Frieda! :)

[Frieda P]

Sweetest dreams Lydikey. :)