First, you need to listen to Feeling This by blink 182. In addition to be being a great song, it also serves two purposes today's prompt
Listen to the lyrics and try to pick up some of the idioms.
Now that you have a sense for some idiomatic expressions, you should free write for 20-40 minutes, depending on how much time you have to spare. Here's the list of idioms I used
| Bite off more than you can chew |
| Clean up your act |
| To each his/her own |
| Cold shoulder |
| Fighting a losing battle |
| Bread and butter |
| A bubble burst |
| Change of heart |
| Turn back the clock |
| Wouldn’t be caught dead |
| By the skin of one’s teeth |
| Pay the piper |
| Price of Progress |
| Under the weather |
| When hell freezes over |
| A New York Minute |
| Take by storm |
| (Wo)Man Of his(/her) word |
| Jack of All Trades |
| Silver Bullet |
Feel free to use any of those or something you come up with, but make sure you're writing about the same thing with your friend.
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A story: During the creative process for their new album, the two front men for blink 182 went into separate rooms and wrote for about an hour. When they came out and shared the work, they realized they wrote about sex: One about the physical and lustful side and the other about the emotional and tender side. They decided to the put the two together and thus a hit was born.
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Now, you and friend should sit down and try to mix match the pieces you have and see if you can't come up with a cool piece.
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