Fresh language The Morning News has announced the winner of their Contest for Total Idioms. The idea of the contest was to come up with some handy new idioms that could potentially be useful for reinvigorating the English language.

I liked this one:

Throw Down Some Flowers
Casual act of buying a floral bouquet to appease a girlfriend out of obligation, not desire. E.g., “Yeah, she was angry at me for getting drunk at her parents’ place on Thanksgiving, but I threw down some flowers and she forgave me pretty quickly.”—Daiv Whaley

And the winner was:

If a Bird Can’t Fly, It Walks

Used to suggest someone should stop making excuses why they can’t do something.—Kevin Cornell

They have a request: "So please, help us invigorate the world. Use this phrase in your daily conversation, include it in your Harper’s essays; if you know Tony Snow, try and get him to say it on TV. " I highly suggest you click through to check out the bumper sticker they are selling.

And I am happy to be leaving you with one of my personal favorites, from long-time reader and commenter, DG:



DG has been using that one for a long time and it's really come in handy.

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