4 Every-Day Idioms Inspired By Farm Life

I’m writing about it until the ‘cows come home’

Farmer Georgie
5 min readJan 27, 2020
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What are the silly things that writers — who are also farmers — think about? At least this one?

Farm-inspired idioms. And what they really mean.

I know, I know. I’m a dork and this is mind-blowing stuff. But what can I say? These are the sort of things that — to use a not farm-inspired idiom — ‘tickle my fancy.’

Here’s four of my favorite ‘farm-inspired’ idioms.

Get or have “all your ducks in a row.”

Image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay

Modern day meaning?

To be organized and prepared. Frequently about a financial matter or a significant change or large proposal.

Where did it come from? There are a few different theories.

One theory is from the days when lawn bowling was popular and bowlers lined up all their pins, aka ‘ducks,’ in a row. Or perhaps from the carnival days when shooting galleries featured tin ‘ducks’ lined up ‘in a row.’

I don’t buy either of those theories.

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Farmer Georgie
Farmer Georgie

Written by Farmer Georgie

Farmer. Writer. Journalist. Farm life, food & ag. Email at farmergeorgiewrites@gmail.com. Follow at farmergeorgiewrites.substack.com. Open for assignments.

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