“It’s like trying to herd cats.”
“I’m so hungry, I could eat the ass out of a low flying duck.” “Fuck me dead.”
- Australia
Might not be idioms, but they do put some weird images in to one’s mind.
Relevant xkcd (kind of)
Keep your eyes peeled.
You’d never really get those ducks in a row, but it would be entertaining to watch you try.
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
Also, don’t blow smoke up my ass.
That link is going to stay blue.
I think I’m going to take a break from the internet for a while…
This question reminds me of an exercise my elementary school class did once. We were told to pick an idiom and draw it literally.
I don’t remember what I picked, but my friend drew her mom’s favorite saying, “You drive me up the wall!” I can still vividly see the drawing of a lady with her eyes bugging out, driving vertically up a living room wall.
Cat got your tongue?
Ooowww
Sataa kuin Esterin perseestä. (Finnish)
Rains as if it comes out from Eshter’s arse.
As it means really heavy rain, it would render things pretty chaotic.
Lend me your ear
Pick someone’s brain probably ranks quite high on psycho scale
“Earworm”
Like, get it out, please.
You wouldn’t know ____ if it came up an bit you in the ass.
He’s really getting under my skin. I think I will go over there and give him a piece of my mind.
If you couldn’t understand anything unless you literally stood underneath it.
