Bird sayings, a story for you.

Not just a story, how many sayngs can you find. I gathered all the sayings that I could and put them together.

They said don't put all your eggs in one basket as I tried to watch the Birdie while looking at a bird in the hand but wishing for the two in the bush you knew that with a good throw you could kill two Birds with one stone but not to worry as birds of a feather flock together and as most don't fly by night they would be there tomorrow. Although there may be a few lucky ducks that have flown the coup and got away, so don't count your chickens before they have hatched. You may have to be satisfied with a bunch of lame ducks, and don't mention that the birds have flown, but then again the early bird catches the worm. So keep your pecker up and get up with the birds, but don't go out naked as a jaybird or people will just think you're as silly as a goose, or a bit of a bird brain and this may hang around you're neck like an Albatross for a very long time. It could even be your swan song. But if you are up with the larks you could end up with something to crow about and be able to walk around as proud as a Peacock, and if you can throw a few stones you could have a chicken in every pot, also, if the birds are young like a spring chicken, (as they are scarcer than hen's teeth.) every one would say he's as wise as an owl and he knows how to feather his own nest. They won't be saying things like "he's Cuckoo" or that he runs around like a chicken with its head cut off. So don't be a stool pigeon, keep your secret but don't stick your head in the sand like an Ostrich, come up with some story so you don't have to eat crow. Let them know that now you don't have to eat like a bird, and you're not bothered if you eat the only bird in a gilded cage, or you don't know which came first, the chicken or the egg. Tell them you don't give a hoot about the 'Why did the chicken Cross the Road' thing, that's for the birds. They may say you are as silly as a loon. But you know as the crow flies it sees everything as it has a bird's eye view, and it sees that I'm not as bald as a coot. So there.

 

I think I counted maybe 28 or 29 if I'm off one.

 

Actually, you are well short of the total, try again.

 

I count 42. Very clever writing.

 

My best guess :-D Thanks for the challenge

1. don't put all your eggs in one basket
2. watch the Birdie
3. a bird in the hand
4. two in the bush
5. kill two Birds with one stone
6. birds of a feather flock together
7. fly by night
8. lucky ducks
9. flown the coup
10. don't count your chickens before they have hatched.
11. a bunch of lame ducks,
12. the birds have flown,
13. the early bird catches the worm.
14. keep your pecker up
15. get up with the birds,
16. naked as a jaybird
17. silly as a goose,
18. bird brain
19. hang around you're neck like an Albatross
20. swan song
21. up with the larks
22. something to crow about
23. proud as a Peacock,
24. chicken in every pot,
25. spring chicken,
26. (as they are scarcer than hen's teeth.)
27. he's as wise as an owl
28. feather his own nest.
29. "he's Cuckoo"
30. runs around like a chicken with its head cut off.
31. stool pigeon,
32. stick your head in the sand like an Ostrich,
33. eat crow.
34. eat like a bird,
35. bird in a gilded cage,
36. which came first, the chicken or the egg.
37. you don't give a hoot
38. 'Why did the chicken Cross the Road'
39. that's for the birds.
40. as silly as a loon.
41. as the crow flies
42. a bird's eye view,
43. bald as a coot.

 

I'll stick with my count of 42 because the saying is "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".

 

Well done Jewell and Karen, 42 is correct I think. Now let us see your story with all 42 in.

 

Hey, not fair, I didn't get to count! I did, and only found fourty but then I'm foreign so I think I did well all told.

 

You're not foreign, we're all friends. Yes you did do very well. A couple said 'Why did the chicken cross the Road', well I said ignore that in the story, it is part of a joke not a bird saying. You could say it was a Red Herring.

 

By "foreign" I mean "not-English-speaking". I do know what a red herring is, though. Some idioms are easy to remember.

 

I'm from Yorkshire along time ago, people think I'm non English speaking sometimes.

 

Yorkshire dialect is nice. Silly people.

 

A long time ago I had to go to a french speaking area in Winnipeg, I thought this is going to be hard as all the streets etc were in French. I went to this hospital and told them in my best English why I was there, the receptionist said, I'm sorry I don't speak French.I thought I was going to have trouble.