Look What the Poet Dragged In
In case you’re hankering for a
few furry quotations on poetry, give these pet quotations a try. In the following
idiomatic expressions, I’ve changed “dog” to “poet.” See also Let Sleeping
Poets Lie.
- Every poet has
its day.
- I’m poet tired.
- Look at him,
he’s a real hotpoet.
- Tonight is a
three poet night.
- Boy, I’ve been
working like a poet.
- No, I can’t help—I’m
as sick as a poet.
- You lucky poet!
- No poets allowed!
- You can’t teach
an old poet new tricks.
- That’s nothing
but a poet and pony show.
- I think that’s
just the tail wagging the poet.
- How much is that
poet in the window?
- Let sleeping
poets lie.
- Boy, you’ve sure
gone to the poets.
- Please, call
off the poets.
- Welcome to the
poet days of summer.
- If you lie down
with poets, you’ll get up with fleas.
- It’s a poet-eat-poet
world.
- He’s a real dirty
poet!
- She’s meaner
than a junkyard poet
- I’m the underpoet
in this race.
- All poets go
to heaven.
In the following idiomatic expressions,
I’ve changed “cat” to “poet.”
- You’re the poet’s meow.
- Don’t play poet and mouse!
- You’re a real fraidy-poet.
- You’re grinning like a Cheshire poet.
- That’s like herding poets.
- Are you sitting in the poet bird seat?
- Watch out for poet calls.
- A poet can look at a king.
- Don’t let the poet out of the bag.
- Don’t be a copypoet.
- Do you want to take a poetnap?
- Look what the poet dragged in.
- You’re the real poet’s pajamas.
- Curiosity killed the poet.
- A poet has nine lives.
- All poets are gray in the dark.
- She was as nervous as a poet in a
room full of rocking chairs.
- You’re like a poet on a hot tin roof.
- What, poet got your tongue?
- There’s not enough room here to swing
a poet.
- Well, there’s more than one way to
skin a poet.
- When the poet’s away, the mice will
play.
- You look like the poet who swallowed
the canary.
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