Collision In The Market Place
Liz Demicco
it's a cliche puzzle.
each phrase is the literal interpretation of a cliche
you then combine a word from each to make a new (logical-ish) cliche
Acting hastily after someone has just died.= Acting while the body is
still warm
warm as toast
He will fail badly = He is Toast
Those you least expect are often the ones to get into trouble.= it's
always the quiet ones
quiet as a mouse
Are you strong or are you weak? = Are you a man or a mouse?
Go too fast or hastily and you will fail = Slow and steady wins
the race
Slow as molasses
Moving very slowly. = swimming in molasses
Go directly to the heart of the matter = cut to the quick
quick as a wink
Very rapidly.= in a wink
these four recombined cliches are all lines in the poem Cliche by Eve Merriam.
to solve this puzzle you need to take the 3rd and 4th word of the 14th
line of the poem (lamb's wool). this line is clued in the introtext by
the date of the prophet's birthday. which seems to be the 14th of May in
many countries. (actually, i think i need to find a better date/ way to
clue that, as there are several other prophets birthdays and such like
holidays. . . and not all countries celebrate it on may 14th). the words
to take are clued by "3rd and 4th pots" also in the introtext. this may
also be a bit of a stretch.
I actually think this puzzle may be too easy or too obscure, as some of the cliches seem a bit of a stretch. . .