" A Thousand Words In Idioms"

Jientje has started a wonderful photo challenge: "As long as people have been around, they have tried to communicate with each other. As a means of getting the message across as clearly as possible, idioms and sayings have found their way into our language.

Now, because a picture paints a thousand words, I thought it would be nice to make this a new photo challenge. The idea is to pick an idiom, or a saying, ( even slang is allowed) and illustrate it with a picture. Each week we’ll cover two letters of the alphabet, okay?"

If “language is the dress of thoughts” ( Johnson), then idioms must the wardrobe …

I have some major catching up to do here, friends. The last I posted was K & L, that was a few weeks ago.

M & N

M = Middle of the road:

I was on the back of a factory made Harley trike when I took this photo May 31st.

Meaning: Something unadventurous or inoffensive; opting to go neither one way or the other.

N = Nest Egg:

These are Peach-face Lovebird eggs. One of my pairs had these and they didn't hatch.

Meaning: Savings, set aside for later use.


O & P

O = On Cloud 9:
Meaning: In a state of blissful happiness.


P = A Picture Tells A Thousand Words:
A photo I took of a painting an acquaintance painted.
Meaning: A picture tells a story as well as a large amount of descriptive text.


I'm posting this now and will edit some more into it tomorrow . It's now nearly 2am and I must get to sleep... then take more photos. I will finish catching up next week... I hope :o)