As Tired as a Three Toed Sloth (After) Running a Marathon
I did not make this one up, would you believe it? I was looking for a "as tired as..." simile and this one does the job perfectly. I love how insanely complicated it is, you know, stressing your tiredness by making an effort to say an extraordinarily long simile that would match your state. It doesn't make sense in a way, but I think that that's what I love about it. It reminds me of those really long Blackadder similes (I must do one of those next time!)
And why am I as tired as a three-toed sloth after running a marathon? Truth is, I don't know. I guess it's just one of those days. Everyone I've met and spoke to today was also tired and had a headache and everything was as dull as dishwater. In addition, I'm also mad about the Czech post which was supposed to deliver a nice Lush package to me so instead of writing "as tired as a.... you know" post it could have been "as snug as a bug in a rug", which is also very neat. Well, maybe next time :)
3 comments:
I have to admit that even though I wasn't tired today, I fell asleep on the train home :D. The simile is really a nice one, I hope I'll be able to remember it and use it.
And hopefuly, tomorrow I'll get to adding my portion of Daily Idioms, I feel so ashamed that I did not find time to do it yet! But in my defence, two essays are done and handed in :-)
I hope you didn't wake up somewhere in Vysočina's Zaječí :D and the essays might be a little bit more important, Idioms can wait :) did they already give you a Z/mark?
*have they already given*, damn you Present Perfect!
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