Aspergers and Idioms: #1

An idiom is a phrase that sounds like one thing and means another. You have to have heard the idiom before, be able to figure out what it means based on the context of the situation or just google it later to understand it. If you are learning English, I would imagine that idioms are very confusing.

They can also be confusing for people with Asperger's Syndrome because we tend to be pretty logical and straight forward in what we say. People already don't mean a lot of the things they say. And idioms really just make that even harder because people certainly don't mean that it is "raining cats and dogs" or you are handing someone "a piece of your mind" literally.  Both would be horribly gross.

Here are a few I drew. See if you can guess what they mean:

(O.k....I might have given this one away....)

Can you tell what these are?

I think idioms are like sarcasm;  it takes a little while to get a hang of them.

 

Comments

[Sabrina]

Great drawings!
If the shoe fits
Eat your heart out
Egg on your face
left holding the bag

[carol lawson]

Wait a minute are you going to tell us what they mean so we can be absolutely certain we got them all right?
I think I did, but want to be sure.

[Penny for your thoughts]

I love your drawings, really simple but have a great attraction in all of them. Keep it up, thanks.
Ruth, UK