Thursday, 12 February 2026

Recipe


A Recipe Book of Perverbs

 

Too many cooks make light work, recipes

of a thousand miles start with one step.

 

In for a penny in for a pint

is a bread-and-butter issue.

 

To bring home the bacon eat the frog

chew the cud, and stay cool as a cucumber.

 

Know your onions, spill the beans,

eat your greens and say cheese.

 

If you eat like a horse

your supper will be humble pie.

 

Rhubarb rhubarb is food for thought

take with a pinch of salt.

 

The proof of the pudding

is selling like hot cakes.

 

Found a plum job, pulled out a plum

plum crazy, until plum tuckered out.

 

Everything stops for tea

while the watched kettle never boils.

 

A spoonful of sugar helps the caffeine go down

better latte than never.

 

Life is a bowl of cherries

in a nutshell, a cup of kindness yet.

Saturday, 7 February 2026

Senses

 


The Perverbial Five Senses

 

The eyes have a thousand nights

and each day is a sight to see.

 

Eat, drink, and – it’s on the tip of your tongue -

put your merry where your mouth is.

 

A nose by any other name

sniffs out trouble and smells the roses.

 

Ears lend me your friends:

cheers of words and the spheres of music.

 

Skin deep is the beauty

of nerves headstrong hanging by a thread.

Friday, 30 January 2026

Wardrobe

 


A Wardrobe of Perverbs

 

To have your hat and eat it too

time to put on your thinking cap.

 

A rose by any other name’s the same

through rose-coloured glasses.

 

Off the cuff, bright as a button,

someone gives you the shirt off their back.

 

While another, pocketing red-handed

would take the shirt off your back.

 

An old school tie fashion statement

fit like a glove, goes: keep your shirt on.

 

Every dog coat has its day but

when I am old I shall wear the cat’s pyjamas.

 

To catch someone with their pants down

is a bit below the belt.

 

While the emperor’s new clothes show to effect

the ornaments of his birthday suit.

 

Shrouded - a dress dressed to kill

is a dress to die for - in mystery.

 

When the shoe is on the other foot

who knows if you’re coming or going.

 

To walk in someone else’s shoes

means putting a sock in it.