Idiomatic sayings.

11.5 idiomatic sayings to wonder at.

if 'no news is good news' ... then there is no good news. because if it exists, then it isn't good ... and in order for it to be good ... it would have to never be told. so, maybe this should be 'good news is kept a secret'.

if you are 'fit as a fiddle', does that mean that you can be played?

since 'talk is cheap', you would think that radio advertising would cost less than the newspaper.

interesting that if you were to take 'two peas in a pod', next to one another as in the whole friendship connotation, and split the pea open ... those two peas move to opposite sides ... the peas that stay together are the alternating ones ....

'by the skin of your teeth' ... first of all ... teeth skin. that's just gross. brush them. listerine. something. because if you have teeth skin, then you may very well be 'hanging by a thread' ... which would be bad ... unless you have tungsten thread ... which has a tensile strength of 100,000 - 500,000 psi at room temperature - and figuring that your common thread is 2 - 3 mm in diameter - lot's take the low side for safety's sake - 2mm diameter is 1 mm radius, squared that's still 1 ... you with me? times pi is 3.1415926535 which is in square millimeters, convert to square inches gives 0.004869478, then multiply that by 100,000 gives 487 pounds of potential. so ... you would actually be fine. the saying should be modified to exclude tungsten.

'elbow grease'. pertains neither to a liquid lubricant extracted from elbows, nor to a gel for the forearm ginglymus joint. surely 'finger fluid', or 'shoulder solvent' sounds just as unclear and foolish?

okay ... if 'every cloud has a silver lining' then why don't we go get some silver?? and if someone already has mined that treasure trove (think of the loot to be had in Seattle!) ... then the saying is void, and should be removed so as to not excite peoples' expectation.

strangely ... 'fat chance' and 'slim chance' mean the same thing!! how can this be?! the initial words in each idiom are opposites!

'flat as a pancake' should be changed to 'flat as a crepe'. if you are going to hyperbole with a food analogy - you might as well go all the way.

and lastly - 'here's food for thought'. it's not food ... it's a thought, or a question. and you can't eat it. you are supposed to think about it ... but at your leisure. So ... really ... unless your mind eats questions ... which is weird ... the phrase should be 'here's thought for tedium'. not quite as catchy perhaps ...

------> use one of these cool and refreshing idiomatic based discrepancies at your next party to wow your guests, bring life to dull and flat hair, purify your water, or when acting smart to make up for your inability to win at beirut or castle pong!