The semester is over, no more taught sessions until January. Half-way through my final year and it feels like it, but it’s not over until the fat lady sings.

Speaking of idioms, our latest project was to respond to something interesting found in Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. I chose to build a vague and cryptic narrative (as I do) out of a handful of entries.

So, the story of a man wandering alone. The first clue as to the reason of his wandering is the name of the pub he visits: the fox and grapes. From the story of the same name, a fox who wants grapes, but cannot reach them. Eventually he claims he didn’t want them anyway, because they were sour. Sour grapes.

The man enters the pub, there’s something fishy about this place, or are the locals just drinking like fish? Really though, why are they staring at him like that?

He’s got egg on his face, perhaps because he’s got his finger in the pie.

Finally, while sat on the fence, he realises he needs to pull his finger out. The end.

Using literal visualisations of idioms was an interesting exercise. I like that. That’s totally my thing.

But, did you get it? Is this a good way to tell a story?