I'm now reasonably sure there's something wrong with me.
A fourth-grade class was asked to
illustrate idioms recently. They were each given a saying, like "bull in a china shop" or "thorn in my side" and they got to draw a picture of what they thought it meant, having no prior knowledge of the phrase. Most of the results are quite literal, and for some reason, I can't stop laughing at them. I think it has to do with the simple artwork combined with the (extremely) literal take on the language. It's very White Ninja, in an elementary school sort of way. My favorites:
Above the law;
a shot in the arm;
play on words;
any word;
a piece of cake;
a lot on the ball;
a bull in a china shop.
Comedic gold, folks, and there's
lots more where those came from.