Wednesday, September 02, 2009

More Idioms

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Jientje at Heaven is in Belgium, hosts A Thousand Words In Idioms.


A little bird told me
If someone doesn't want to say where they got some information from, they can say that a little bird told them.
I used this idiom a lot when my kids were growing up.
Put a sock in it.
If someone tells you to put a sock in it, they are telling you to shut up.

5 comments:

Melli said...

LOL! That's too the point! Great job depicting BOTH idioms! (I might almost call that little bird BIG bird!)

Gattina said...

Hahaha ! very well done !!

Quilly said...

I don't know how I missed these this morning but they are both perfect! "Put a sock in it" made me laugh!

Anonymous said...

I had problems with my reader and your blog yesterday. I kept getting page not found. I'm glad I saw this today. Excellent Dr. John. What a beautiful bird :) Excellent idioms :)

Jientje said...

Ha!!! Thom told me you had played!! You forgot to sign Mr Linky!! I added your link now! Loved both your idioms Dr John the little big bird is my favorite!!!