27 figures of speech in one painting.

During the isolation, we at the Antfox Gallery have been busying ourselves by studying one painting more than most (other than the ones I have been painting).

It is by Ella Baron and is said to contains 27 well known phrases. For instance, in the top left could be it’s title “A Figure of Speech, in a Nutshell”.

Here is an image of the painting and a list of the 27 that we found. Let’s see how many you can find before checking our list.

If there are any that we have missed, or that you have found that are better, please put them in the comments below and we will update any new ones and add them to the list. Enjoy!

1) Time flies 2) cat got your tongue 3) ace up your sleeve 4) don’t put all your eggs in one basket, 5) wear your heart on your sleeve 6) kick the bucket, 7) behind every man is a good woman or cast a shadow over me 8) spill the beans 9) everything handed to you on a silver platter 10) walking on egg shells 11) screw in your head loose 12) born with a silver spoon in your mouth 13) in a nutshell 14) tie the knot 15) cold feet 16) by the tail 17) rags to riches 18) red herring 19) keep your cards close to your chest 20) bird brain 21) in one ear out the other or earworm 22) best foot forward 23) big cheese or your story has more holes in it than Swiss cheese 24) shoe on the other foot 25) skinny as a rail or tall as a beanpole 26) follow your nose 27) a piece of cake

More work by Ella Baron here… https://www.ellabaron.com/