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IDIOMS IN SONGS


 

 

 

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(Liens vérifiés le 16/10/2009)

 

A

  • Breakthrough by Galactic Cowboys :
    "Look out 'cause I'm a bull in a china shop "
  • Genius in France by Weird Al Malkovic :
    "I'm not the brightest crayon in the box
    Everyone says I'm dumber than a bag of rocks...
    I may not be the sharpest hunk of cheese...
    A few peas short of a casserole...
    I'm not the brightest bulb..
    I'm dumber than a box of hair...
    I'm a taco short of a combo plate
    "
  • Storm in a Tea Cup (a poem by Hillol Ray) :
    "Tea was spilled and I got a strong hiccup,
    What a mishap ! A storm in a tea cup !!!!"

 

B

  • Upstairs, Downtown by Toby Keith :
    "She's eighteen and it's time she got out of the wood"
    (to be out of the wood)
  • Down And Out by Genesis :
    "I don't want to beat about the bush
    but none of us are getting any younger."
  • Butter by Ultraspank :
    "Butter me up..."
    (to butter somebody up)

 

C

  • Hush by Craig Morgan :
    "Don't breathe a word, cat's got your tongue
    Hush"
  • By Myself by Linkin Park :
    "Do I sit here and try to stand it?
    Or do I try to catch them red-handed?"
    (to catch somebody red-handed)
  • Midnight Love by Snoop Doggy Dogg :
    "it cost an arm and a leg just to live on your knees"
  • Lena by Fool's Garden :
    "Draw me to the rainbow
    I'm trying to resist
    Cut the ground from under my feet
    Tear me out of that midst"
    (to cut the ground from under somebody's feet)

 

D

  • It's a Big Old Goofy World - sung by John Prine :
    "Work like a dog...
    Like a bump on a log...
    Be quiet as a mouse...
    He eats like a horse...
    She smokes like a chimney...
    With a head like a rock..."
    - with the VIDEO
  • Genius in France by Weird Al Malkovic :
    "I'm not the brightest crayon in the box
    Everyone says I'm dumber than a bag of rocks...
    I may not be the sharpest hunk of cheese...
    A few peas short of a casserole...
    I'm not the brightest bulb..
    I'm dumber than a box of hair...
    I'm a taco short of a combo plate
    "

 

E

 

F

 

G

  • Patrick Fagan -Traditional (A Collection of Scottish and Irish songs) :
    "I rise up in the mornin', I get up with the lark"
  • Fried by Blur :
    "Oh I would like to give you your head"
    (to give somebody his head)
  • Undercut - Nothingface :
    "Give me my head - nothing more, I am dead"
    (to give somebody his head)

 

H

 

I

  • Jeans On by Keith Urban :
    "When I wake up in the mornin' light
    I pull on my jeans and I feel all right...
    I got money in my pocket, I got a tiger in my tank
    And I'm king of the road again"

 

J

 

K

  • When I Rap by Keith Murray :
    "There's nothing left for you to do now but kick the bucket"
  • Bad Bitch by Fabolous :
    "I'm trying to kill two birds with one stone"

 

L

  • Drowning in silence by Steve Pritschet :
    "I want to break out and you lead me up the garden path"
    (to lead somebody up the garden path)
  • Leg To Stand On by Theory of a Deadman :
    "you haven't got a leg to stand on
    You haven't got it, you haven't got the time"

 

M

 

N

  • Genius in France by Weird Al Malkovic :
    "I'm not the brightest crayon in the box
    Everyone says I'm dumber than a bag of rocks...
    I may not be the sharpest hunk of cheese...
    A few peas short of a casserole...
    I'm not the brightest bulb..
    I'm dumber than a box of hair...
    I'm a taco short of a combo plate
    "

 

O

 

P

  • Love To Love You by Caravan :
    "Yes, indeed, I do love you, love you
    My, my, pigs might fly"
  • Esprit De Corps by And Oceans :
    "Seducer sun shine on me
    Familiar scene, fever dream, hallucination
    This beauty of paradise
    Even pigs might fly"
  • Yeah Yeah Yeah by Alice Cooper :
    "Yeah, you could pull my leg
    Or anything"
    (to pull somebody's leg)
  • Kill Yourself by Stormtroopers Of Death :
    "Dig yourself a hole in the ground
    Push up daisies six feet down"
  • Jeopardy by Skyclad :
    "In jeopardy - welcome to the lion's den,
    We skate on thin ice - dice with death"
    (to put your head in the lion's den)
  • A shoulder to the wheel - Bel Canto : Lien modifié
    "But I think that you will always stay like this
    When you put your idle shoulder to the wheel"
  • Heart On The Street by Manfred Mann's Earth Band :
    "It's easy just keep your eyes open
    Put your shoulder to the wheel"

 

Q

 

R

 

S

  • Why Can I See Stars by Alistair M. Cowan :
    "She is standing next to me and,
    She is smiling, who is she,...
    Why can I see stars. "
  • I See Stars by Screaming Trees :
    "I see stars in the morning
    Not knowing if I'm dead"
  • Jeopardy by Skyclad :
    "In jeopardy - welcome to the lion's den,
    We skate on thin ice - dice with death"

 

T

  • Somewhere only we know by Keane :
    "I walked across an empty land
    I knew the pathway like the back of my hand...
  • Genius in France by Weird Al Malkovic :
    "I'm not the brightest crayon in the box
    Everyone says I'm dumber than a bag of rocks...
    I may not be the sharpest hunk of cheese...
    A few peas short of a casserole...
    I'm not the brightest bulb..
    I'm dumber than a box of hair...
    I'm a taco short of a combo plate
    "
  • Just Another Day by Lloyd Banks :
    "she ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer"
  • Frankenstein - Sick on the Bus :
    "Vodka pills and powder all money down the drain, I could have been somebody"
    (to throw money down the drain)
  • Mean Streak by Deep Purple :
    "She drives me crazy gets inside my brain
    She spend my money down a drain"
    (to throw money down the drain)
  • True Colors by Phil Collins :
    "So don't be afraid to let them show
    Your true colors

    True colors are beautiful,
    Like a rainbow"
  • Some Part of Me - Quan :
    "You had the knack to twist me round your little finger
    Till I broke my back..."
    (to twist somebody round your little finger)

 

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W

X

Y

Z