Funny Idioms

You want to know why I've got a bee in my bonnet?

Yes, tell me about it. I'm all ears.

You remember I told you about that car that cost me an arm and a leg?

The one you bought from the man you called the big cheese?

Well, he's not that at all. He's a bird brain.

You mean he's a bad egg?

Yes, exactly because the car is rubbish and I went round to his garage like a bull in a china shop in the show room.

And when I reached his office I saw he was not really awake because he'd been having a cat nap.

And really the only reason you were there was because you had a bone to pick with him?

Yes, that's right. I got my money back and as a result I opened up a whole new can of worms because other people got their money back, too.