Using Idioms

An IDIOM laced POEM

This poem features the prolific use of idiom. A bit of fun, A touch of nonsense and a dash of idiocy. The weather outside is wild and windy in my part of the world today. In my head, it's even wilder. Let's go have some word fun...

CAT’S GOT MY TONGUE- That IDIOM Cat!

Woke up yesterday feeling under the weather

And noticed that the cat had my tongue

We didn’t see eye to eye on that at all

I chased the cat all over the house

But the way I was feeling I couldn’t catch a cold

I didn’t want to fly off the handle

And end up on a slow boat to China

So I decided to lay down the law to that crazy cat

But because it had my tongue I had to hold my horses

By now I was on pins and needles

And slowly going bananas

But because I wasn’t born yesterday

I was determined not to put my head in the sand

So instead I put my nose to the grindstone

It was just what the doctor ordered

I began to feel like a million dollars

I cornered that cat in the kitchen

That tongue stealing tabby

Was sitting on the handle of the frypan

Like the cat that had swallowed the cream

Til’ finally it flew off the handle

And leapt from the frying pan into the fire

I picked up my tongue

And couldn’t do a thing wit thit

I was left wondering

Who let the cat out of the bag?

Alan j Wright

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