Curiosity killed the cat. When I read that phrase, I didn't think that someone had gotten into trouble for asking the wrong question or found out something that they shouldn't have by asking too many questions. I wondered who Curiosity was and why did they kill the cat? Did they not like cats? Was it an accident or were they just bad pet owners? I knew there would be similar questions with other idioms and as I made a list, some of them jumped off the page with ideas about stories that were "wicked fun." What do a cat allergy and the bubonic plague have in common- the idiom "familiarity breeds contempt" may provide the answer. How did the ghosts of his family help a man survive a stroke? Perhaps there was a "method to his madness." How did the silver-like monster with a thousand legs and a poisonous scorpion tale that killed his grandfather and almost killed his father, help a young boy become a famous artist? I think he had the "benefit of the doubt." My new book IDIOMS takes these phrases which have been uttered thousands of times and transforms them into stories readers would never envision. The compelling characters and twist and turns within each story will send a chill down the reader's spine one minute, a tear down their cheeks the next, or make them smile and laugh out loud. Trust me, you will never think of these idioms the same way again!