Newly Brewed Idioms.A Story by anandboseIt's a collection of new idiomsClimb the
Ladder Climb the
ladder means getting a promotion or a raise. My present job as an obscure
teacher in a remote village school has no opportunities for climbing the
ladder. Kill the
Serpent Kill the
Serpent means manipulating somebody.
Kill the serpent is the life and blood of popular culture. Fire
Catching Fire
Catching is an idiom from Malayalam and it means something is very expensive.
Luxury cars have a fire catching price. Mustard Seed
Mustard Seed
is from the Bible and it means having the smallest amount of faith. It’s good
to have a mustard seed of faith. Having a mustard seed of faith is enough to
win a lottery. Fooling God Fooling God means shirking one’s duty or work. He lost his
job because he was fooling God. Daily Bread Daily Bread
from the Bible means satisfying one’s material needs. God, feed with your daily
bread. Elephant Elephant means being huge and heavy. His body is an
elephant. James Joyce James Joyce
the novelist is famous for streams of consciousness writing. James Joyce means
writing in streams of consciousness. His fictional work is James Joyce. The Robin
Sings The Robin
Sings means getting a large windfall. I
hope this 2019, the Robin will sing for me. Colored
English Colored
English is the English spoken in the former colonies previously under the
British Regime. Colored English as an idiom are those who have a preferential
view towards Native Speakers of English. International Schools of South East
Asia are prejudiced against colored English. Eating Chocolate Eating Chocolate
means having an Orgasm. While eating chocolate one is in ecstasy. Hotel
California Hotel California
means being doped and drunk. Today’s
youth are addicted to being Hotel California. Wake Up
Little Suzy Wake up
little Suzy means going on a date for
the first time. Wake up little Suzy was a wonderful experience for me. Sweet Jesus Sweet Jesus means a miracle happening in one’s life. When
will Sweet Jesus happen to me? Ali Baba Ali Baba and
the forty thieves is an all time famous story. Ali Baba means, being ingenious and clever. When it
comes to my profession, I am an Ali Baba. Road to
Heaven Road to
Heaven means being highly optimistic. I
am on the Road to Heaven when I buy lottery tickets. Our lives should be a road
to heaven. Knock Knock
on Heaven’s Door Knock Knock
on heaven’s door means mocking God. I don’t knock knock on heaven’s Door. Sunny Skies Sunny Skies
as an idiom means being very cheerful. I am always a sunny skies. © 2019 anandbose |
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Added on May 10, 2019 Last Updated on May 10, 2019 Tags: Idioms, English Language, Culture, Literature AuthoranandbosePathnamtitta , Kurianoor, IndiaAboutThere's a joke about me that when I was baptized I pissed on the cassock of the priest and my tryst with iconoclasm being then I am a Hellenic Philistine, an Existential Nihilist, a staunch Epicurea.. more..Writing
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