Re-write some of these commonly used idioms to make them more interesting, or maybe start a story: “Pardon my French,” “My mind is in a fog,” There is more than one way to skin a cat,” “You are on thin ice.”
“Pardon my nonsense!”
→have you noticed the slang these days and yes, I know this makes me sound like a “boomer,” but wow! I can barely understand my students: riz, drip, etc!
“My mind is a swirling vortex of idiocy at the moment!”
→This is for when you are more than discombobulated;when you are overtired and can’t think straight.
“There is more than one way to pluck a duck!
→I like rhymes, and it’s true! (Both figuratively and literally).
“You are in very deep snow!
→This is much more appropriate for my locale.
What about you?
Prompt from Piccadilly’s 200 Writing Prompts