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I made this series as a follow on from a previous post I made a few years back. Some of these illustrations are brand new to the collection while others have been given a fresh new look. I hope these can help people who are learning the English language and that this can be a fun way to learn some of the funny expressions that are used on a daily basis.

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    Not The Brightest Bulb In The Box

    Not The Brightest Bulb In The Box

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    Lynda Momalo
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Similar idioms are "Not the sharpest knife in the drawer", "not the sharpest tool in the shed.", "not the smartest piggy in the litter."

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    Spill The Beans

    Spill The Beans

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    togcrewsc
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it doesn't have to be secret... not all of us are undercover FBI agents, just a select few.

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    Storm In A Teacup

    Storm In A Teacup

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    Lynda Momalo
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've usually heard it as "tempest in a teacup" -- but that might be a Britishism. It's pretty rare. People are more likely to say "Make a mountain out of a mole hill."

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    On The Ball

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    Blue In The Face

    Blue In The Face

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    Lynda Momalo
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blue in the face is pretty much exclusively used to describe being frustrated after trying to explain something, as part of "I could tell her to clean up my room until I'm blue in the face, but she never will" But you wouldn't say something like, "I tried to beat my sprint record so many times I'm blue in the face."

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With blue in the face and red in the hair, she will soon be marooned.

    Kaiyan Nageswaran
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “I’m too weak to even put up a fight against you.” I do look stupid with these blue spots.

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