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1) Cook the Books
How. Dare. You.
2) Beard the lion in his den
“Would you like a goatee or Van Dyke?”
ROOOAAAAAARRR!
“Van Dyke it is.”
3) Sell something for a song
Pop stars would be rich. Oh wait—
4) A finger in every pie
That doesn’t sound very hygienic.
5) Fall off the turnip truck
Why turnips? Why not a radish truck? Why is there a special truck for turnips in the first place??
6) Work fingers to the bone
…Eww.
7) To drink like a fish
Do fish actually drink? I know they open their mouths so I suppose they must be swallowing water but I just don’t know…
8) Costs an arm and a leg
…I certainly hope not…
9) At the drop of a hat
What kind of hat are we dropping? And why is it being dropped?? Is this part of a magic trick or something?
10) Like stealing acorns from a blind pig
Okay, then.
What other ridiculous idioms have you heard?
If Mermaids Wore Suspenders 
I loved your comment under ‘cook the books’. In Russian, the equivalent to ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’ is ‘seven nannies have a one eyed child’. That’s my favourite weird idiom ever..
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That’s fantastic haha. Idioms are so crazy, but I think the craziest thing is how they actually come from real events or things!
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So true! I don’t know if it worked but tried to comment on your other post – the 20 idioms one (can you tell I love a good idiom?!). Anyway was to do with the origins of the gift horse one, found that out the other day and thought was really interesting.
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Huh, that’s weird! Well, thanks for commenting here. 🙂 I love idioms, too (obviously haha) and the gift horse origin really is interesting!
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I can’t believe that lions have a mobile bearding service that comes to their den, when I have to go traipsing off to the barber!
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I know! Apple should make that their next product.
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An ax to grind. How does that have anything to do with a dispute? Unless you want to grind the other person’s ax? 😉
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