Watch Your Tongue
“Language is always evolving, but some of these idioms show an impressive capacity to resist change. Ever since William Shakespeare was a child . . . a selfish or spiteful person has been said to take a dog-in-the-manger view. Never a cat in the manger. ”
Scared of your own shadow?
Swan dive.
Shooting the breeze.
Combing the giraffe (wasting effort).
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Watch Your Tongue:
What Our Everyday Sayings and Idioms Figuratively Mean
By Mark Abley
Published By Simon and Schuster, 2018