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No Idioms for Me, Thank You
No Idioms for Me, Thank You

How the hell can you laugh your socks off?
Everyone knows money doesn’t grow on trees.
Who on earth would pack the kitchen sink?
I don’t want to look like the bees’ knees.

If I was all ears I’d look like a taxi with open doors.
Not even Nigella Lawson can whip up a storm.
I struggle going the first mile never mind an extra one.
Laughing on the other side of your face is not a trick to perform.

I won’t regret it in the morning, if I sleep till noon.
How do mice have best laid plans, like men?
Why would you want to laugh up your sleeve?
I only once let a cat out of a bag, never again.

Have you ever jumped on a bandwagon?
I fear I’d rather easily fall off.
Bending over backwards would bring the same result,
And any friends watching would simply scoff.

When I’ve been tickled I‘ve never turned pink.
If I pulled someone’s leg they’d give me a welly.
I’ve never thought about biting any dust.
I cry over spilled only when it turns smelly.

Eric Craven | 2025

 

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