Hi guys, just let me introduce to you my series: idiomatic expressions. Yes, you know, everyday you use some basic and stupid words. My mission? I’ll try to explain and analyze origins or them real sens (with a lot of scientific and philosophic aspects!). Today, a difficult task. Animals. Yeah. Excited. But not all creatures: only insects. Stressssss. So, the first one: “as busy as a bee”. Yellow and black, this little thing is adorable. With his small legs, Maya and her friends are harvesting all the day some honey. Mhhh, delicious. But seriously, busy? Without this activity, they die. Then, can we talk about my aunt Susan who pretend she’s as busy as a bee when she run all the day between the sofa and the kitchen? NO. AND SUSAN CAN’T ENTER IN A HIVE. Absurd. Let’s talk about the second: “wouldn’t hurt a fly”. Typically a fly is an insect flying from poo to poo. And you’re agree to leave this on your house ? Noooo, everybody can hurt violently a fly, believe it. Besides, we are “as mad as a hornet” and I’m okay with this because this is literally the devil himself uh.

Hey there, after insects, we have to talk about some tetrapods (for the none-scientists: a four legs animal). The most ridiculous one: “putting lipstick on a pig”. WHO HAD THIS STUPID IDEA? It’s not very cruelty free hum. Even if this lipstick is vegan, THE PIG DON’T CAAAARE! A piggy is cute at his natural form. We love you as you are, Jambono ♥ But I have on stock other things: “an elephant in the room”. R.E.A.L.L.Y. It means there is a problem and no one discuss. But the question is: WHO HAD THI… oh, I already say that, aha. We know, this mammal is truly big. You need to put Dumbo here, and then build the room. This is absolutely boring for everybody, including the elephant. We can relate this with “as a cow in roller skate”. I needn’t to explain this, right? ‘Cause it’s clearly popular: every Sunday there are “cows in roller contest”. At any rate we can talk about two things witch have anything in common : “as a sausage in the garden”, “as a cheese on the moon” or “as an elephant in the room” …

Ok, now we have to talk about cuties: birds. I’m a birds lover, eagle or sparrow, whatever. The most famous of idioms is “the early bird catches the worm”. Hard life for little birds who couldn’t wake up at time. They’ll eat some seed in the best-case, and not eat at all in the worse. Eh, what about owls? They live by night… and consequently don’t ever eat? IMPOSSIBLE, they will be “as dead as a dodo”. In idioms, birds have a complicated existence. Or, don’t have any existence, hum. You still believe not? The last one: “to kill two birds with one stone”. I might said that Tweety and co have life against them… no?

The last one, aquatic creatures. “There are plenty of fish in the sea”: human are very clear-sighted uh. Moreover, actually we destroy the planet and there are less and less fish in the sea. And the remaining ones are composed of plastic, yum-yum. Time to talk about something more appetizing for french people: FROGS. “I have a frog in my throat” is typically french: those who complain all the time and (let us remember this) EAT FROOOOOGS. And I promise, this is not “a fish tale”.